These could be:

• 1. To gain importance a child may bully others as it might make him to feel more important
• 2. Attention seeking a child may bully others to get attention from parents, teachers or even peers.
• 3. Seeking popularity a child may bully others because he wants to be known and to gain popularity among his peers or in school
• 4. To be in control a child may bully others to show it to others that he is in control or in a powerful and authoritative position
• 5. Modeling or observation or imitation learning
  • At home a child may bully others because that’s what he/she has seen his parents doing with others or his elder sibling bullying him
  • Media a child may observation the behavior from TV shows or media
• 6. To be socially accepted a child may bully others to fit in with a group of children who are bullies
• 7. Bullying as a response A child may also bully the person who bullies him in the first place a response to him