No More A Child’s Play: School Bullying as Child Abuse

Many years of research have demonstrated that bullying victimization has a significant impact on the health of children who are targeted. The harm caused by bullying can be seen psychologically, socially, physically, emotionally, and academically. Surprisingly, children who bully also have negative consequences, as do those who witness bullying of others. A policy maker in Great Britain offers an ecological viewpoint of the broad reach of destruction of school bullying: “Bullying not only scars the life of too many children, it also reflects a serious weakness in our educational system” (Oliver & Candappa, 2003).