Bullying has been at the forefront of many discussions and has recently been a topic in children's circles. When children enter school, they need to form healthy relationships with their peers. However, school is typically the primary location where bullying occurs (Nelson, Kendall, & Shields, 2013). Bullying affects a large number of children and can have long-term effects on a child's psychosocial, physical, and socio-emotional aspects (Vanderbilt & Augustyn, 2010). Bullying can be caused by a group or by an individual who is more powerful than the victim (Smith, 2013). Bullies have difficulty with their social and emotional skills. Young children who bully have even greater difficulties since they are just beginning to develop the ability to regulate their feelings and behaviors (Gunter, Caldarella, Korth, & Young, 2012). In addition to the initial experience of bullying, victims of bullying are likely to experience social and emotional fear (Vanderbilt & Augustyn, 2010). The cultural context and understanding of what bullying is may differ around the world. It is commonly referred to as power through the aggression that a bully inflicts on a victim perceived to be weaker. The bully deliberately hurts the victim, over and over again, through different means. There are different roles in which a child can participate. These roles include bully, victim, bully-victim (both bully and victim), or bystander. Bystander, meaning the child stands there and watches without stopping the harassment they witness. Bullying can be direct or indirect. Direct bullying involves physical or verbal aggression. Indirect bullying involves relational aggression such as social rejection (Vanderbilt and Augustyn, 20...... middle of article ......ctim. These characteristics include having few friends, low self-confidence, low self-esteem, and blame Educators can use predictors such as psychological symptoms, behavioral changes, and school problems to indicate whether bullying is occurring and whether the predictors. Whether or not to name the bully or the victim Once teachers can predict who the bully is and who the victim is, they can help promote appropriate skills to help children regulate their feelings to avoid bullying. act of bullying and aggression (Vanderbilt and Augustyn, 2010). aspects of bullying on young children and how bullying affects them during the period when the bullying occurs as well as later in life. These different aspects have a. impact on the socio-emotional development of the bully and the victim..