Bullying is when someone hurts you or threatens to hurt you.
Bullying can be physical, such as kicking or hitting or verbal such as teasing or name-calling.
Cyber bullying
Harassing, threatening or humiliating people using text messaging, instant messaging, online chat rooms, emails and other social media sites
Cyberbullies can hide their identity and use technology to reach their victims they chose.
Bullying behaviours include:
People who have been bullied
Cyber-Bullying
Bullying in any form is unacceptable.
If you think you are being bullied, you must talk to someone and get help.
Talk to a parent, carer or teacher or ask a friend to do it for you.
There are many things that can be done to stop bullying. If it keeps happening then keep telling people until it stops.
Where can I get help?
In school you can talk to the following people:
In the community:
Phone lines:
Childline (Free) 0800 1111
York Mind 01904 643364
Samaritans 116 123
Friends are people we have fun with and who will support us through tough times
A healthy friendship has trust and respect.
Signs
Signs of a good friendship include:
Advice
Changes in relationships are natural but not always easy. If friendships are not going well, we can feel very upset, lonely, rejected and angry. This can then affect how we feel about ourselves, our family life, schoolwork, eating and sleeping. Friendship issues can sometimes lead to more serious problems like depression and self-harm.
Healthy friendships allow you to be yourself. If you are scared of losing a friendship by being yourself, by standing up for yourself or something you believe is right, then you are not in a healthy relationship.
Where can I get help?
In school you can talk to the following people:
In the community:
Phone lines:
Childline (Free) 0800 1111
York Mind 01904 643364
Samaritans 116 123
Links:
Childline
Your ‘peers’ are people who are a similar age to you.
Peer pressure is feeling like you have to do something just because your friends or other people around you are doing it – to feel like you fit in.
Sexting – the words ‘sex’ and ‘texting’ together.
Sexting describes swapping sexual messages, photos (also known as nudies or nude selfies) or videos, usually using a mobile phone.
The Law: Sending a naked image of yourself via text message or social media, when you are below the age of 18 is illegal. It counts as an offence if caught distributing an indecent image of a child and could result with you ending up on the sex offenders register.
Signs
Advice
Many young people find it easier or less embarrassing to talk or share images via text, email and instant messaging than talking face to face about sex.
It is important that you understand that once you have sent or uploaded a photo or video you have lost all control over it for good. Even if you use Snapchat or webcams.
Any images you share over the internet could be sent to or seen by anyone, anywhere in the world including your parents, teachers or total strangers. Imagine having intimate parts of your body being seen all around the world or by a future employer or college teacher one day.
Where can I get help?
In school you can talk to the following people:
In the community:
Phone lines:
Childline (Free) 0800 1111
York Mind 01904 643364
Samaritans 116 123
Links:
Childline
Consent means agreeing to do something at a given moment
This means you can agree one minute and change your mind the next. This is perfectly fine. If you are thinking of having any kind of sexual activity then it is really important that you are ready, that you can enjoy it and that you can take responsibility for it
The Age of Consent
What happens if you have underage sex?
The law sees it as sexual assault – it’s a criminal offence. This is because in the eyes of the law we are unable to give informed consent to sex when still a child
Signs
Sexual activity includes kissing, sexual touching, oral, anal or vaginal sex with a penis or with any object
Signs that you are consenting to sexual activity:
Signs that someone is not consenting to any kind of sexual activity:
Advice
Relationships can take many forms, but healthy relationships have good communication and are based on trust and respect.
Be really sure that each person is fully consenting at each moment. If you are unsure then stop. If someone does not give consent and a person still engages in a sexual act with them, this is sexual assault or rape.
This is a crime under The Sexual Offences Act 2003 and has serious consequences.
Where can I get help?
In school you can talk to the following people:
In the community:
Phone lines:
Childline (Free) 0800 1111
York Mind 01904 643364
Samaritans 116 123
Links:
Childline
