A fellow Author, Signe Whitson, in the Notes on Parenting community wrote an excellent piece on the difference between being Rude, Mean, and a Bully. Because usually all those terms get lumped together with Bully.
I'll share the primary definitions, but read the full article on Huffington Post for more insight.
Rude = Inadvertently saying or doing something that hurts someone else.
Mean = Purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice)
Bullying = Intentionally aggressive behavior, repeated over time, that involves an imbalance of power.
