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Developmental characteristics and their relationship to bullying behavior in kindergarten children: The aim of the research is to reveal the correlation between developmental characteristics and bullying behavior among kindergarten children, and to detect differences between males and females in the developmental characteristics in kindergarten children, and to detect the differences between males and females in bullying behavior in kindergarten children. The study used the comparative, descriptive approach. The sample consisted of (131) children from kindergarten at the second level KG2; including boys (57) males and females (74) girls, the ages of these children ranged between (4-6) years. This study used the tools of developmental characteristics measure (prepared by Suhair Kamel, Boutros Hafez, 2009) and the measure of bullying behavior (prepared by the researcher). The study found a correlation at the level (0.01) between the developmental characteristics and bullying behavior of kindergarten children, and the absence of statistically significant differences between males and females in the developmental characteristics of kindergarten children, and the absence of statistically significant differences between males and females in bullying behavior in kindergarten children. (Published abstract)