Bullying is a set of actions that happen when a child who is, or who wants to feel, more powerful targets a weaker
and/or smaller person by hurting or frightening that person, and does so repeatedly.
The bullying exists when a power gap between children is tolerated by adults.
A hurtful preschool behavior becomes bullying when it is repeated, intense, and targeted.
The behavior in this targeted form is potentially the beginning of a pattern of bullying, but only if adults allow it to continue