When one is questioned if they think someone they know that is or has been bullied the answer is easy. There has been no shortage of cases of bullying in schools all across America. The use of superior strength or influence to intimidate and typically to force someone to do what one wants has become an epidemic. It is causing fear in schools with nowhere to get support. Bullying can happen to anyone: tall or small, male or female, and the stronger or weak. It can affect sleep pattern, work ethic, depression, and stress. Bullying in schools has become an increasing problem however; it can be reduced by laying in place parental awareness programs, teachers working with students, and policies and rules known by all student and staff.
Parental awareness programs are a huge measure of reducing bullying in schools. When it comes to addressing children’s behaviors according to Hellwig (n.d.) stated that “keeping parents informed about their child’s grades, friends, behavior, and even attitudes in school is an important tool when addressing behaviors” (para. 22). When a parent notices a difference in their child’s behavior it can turn into a red flag for bullying. Parents can then take action by asking questions and talking with the school about unordinary change in their child’s behaviors. Compelling parents to be aware of the kinds of bullying going on in the school systems can permit schools to work with students with their parents’ permission and support. With parents embracing anti-bullying measures the school can now increase those teachings into the class room.
When reducing bullying in schools, the classroom is a place where teachers can impact every student. They can teach students about bullying through lessons plans. In each ...
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... make victims feel protected. Schools can now gain a positive reputation for being a school that supports victims of bullying and has zero tolerance for it. This reputation will then be seen by other schools and create the positive chain reaction. Schools need to bring respect back into the school systems and support each other in doing so.
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Hellwig, E. (n.d.). 10 ways to help reduce bullying in schools. Retrieved February 11, 2014, from Crisis Prevention website: http://www.crisisprevention.com/Resources/Article- Library/Nonviolent-Crisis-Intervention-Training-Articles/10-Ways-to-Help-Reduce- Bullying-in-Schools
Wallace, M. (2012, December 4). 7 ways schools can prevent bullying. Retrieved February 11, 2014, from Psychology Today website: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how- raise-happy-cooperative-child/201212/7-ways-schools-can-prevent-bullying
Bullying has become a major problem facing the United States today. The American Psychological Association reports that roughly 40% to 80% of children are involved in bullying on some level during their time in school. (APA, 2014) The magnitude of the problem can be observed in the statistics. In the United States, a total of 4,080,879 children between the ages of five and 18 have been the victims of bullying compared to 3,892,199 who have reported that they have engaged in bullying someone else. Additionally, 851,755 said that they have been both the victim and the bully. That's a whopping 8,824,833 people in the United States that have been involved in bullying behavior on one level or another. (High, B., 2000 Census)
Over the last decade, bullying has really been a worldwide issue. Bullying is affecting children all over the world and has grown into a huge epidemic. According to the National Education Association, “160,000 kids stay home from school each day to ...
Bullying has been a part of schooling for as long as children have been congregating. To some it seems like a natural, though uncomfortable, part of life and school experience, while to others it can mean terrifying experiences which spoiled and characterized otherwise happy years in school. Dan Olweus, a pioneer in bully behavior research documented that 2.7 million children are affected as victims, and that 2.1 children act as bullies (Fried, 1997, as cited in Aluedse, 2006). With bullying cited as the reason for violent, gun-related crime in the past few years, school districts as well as national governments have put anti-bullying policies in place. Bullying is a complicated phenomenon, involving more than one child demanding lunch money from a smaller child. It is a worldwide epidemic hitting schools everywhere. Virtually everyone has seen or experienced bullying. With technological advances, bullying is even hitting the internet. Parents, teachers, students and governments agencies alike are attempting to put a stop to bullying practices.
Anti-bullying programs are being made at schools (Suski). Parent meetings or conferences were effective in anti-bullying Programs (Ayers, Wagaman, Geiger, Bermudez-Parsai, Hedberg). Emily Suski says interventions on social skills would really help students (Suski). Emily Suski works at the University of South Carolina as an Assistant Professor of Law. She studied school’s authorities and the rights students have.
...of rule-setting against bullying should be implemented not only on an individual level, but on a classroom and school-level as well. "The school," says Dan Olweus, "has a responsibility to stop bullying behavior and create a safe learning environment for all students." He suggests a curriculum that constantly monitors abusive behavior, promotes kindness, acceptance of differences and educates teachers, school staff, parents and children alike about bullying and response strategies.
There are a number of stakeholders impacted when one kid harasses another child or teenager. The first stakeholder is, of course, are bullied students. Bullied kids often start to feel disconnected and learn to dislike school. They may even disconnect from friends, fail at school, and not want to go back. Students who usually excel academically may even fail. In extreme cases, tormented students even have thoughts of suicide. The second stakeholder that is affected by bullying is the parents themselves. The parents are affected because they are afraid to send their frightened kids to school, and even their victims’ home life is changed. Parents feel compelled to confront the school principal about what he or she can do to stop this from happening again. Parental action brings in another stakeholder: the school administration. Teachers and school staff are affected because they are required to create and maintain a safe student environment. This stakeholder group must train teachers and staff on any past and new school policies on bullying, as well as the proper way to create a safe and respectful classroom environment.
Everyone has been bullied or encountered someone being bullied at some point of their life. Whether it would be physically or verbally both can be exceedingly traumatizing and can have a long-term psychological influence on children’s development. Majority people may define bullying in a more physical term; nevertheless that’s not always the case. The act of bullying can occur in several ways and in reality affect the individual in the same way. Bullying is generally defined as repeated, negative, and harmful actions focused at target throughout a course of time, exhibiting a sense of power difference between the bully and the victim (Olweus, 1993; Limber & Mihalic, 1999 as cited from Douglas J. Boyle, 2005). A survey was conducted in the United States estimating that over six million children, about 30% in grade six through ten have experienced frequent bullying in a school environment (Nansel, 2001 as cited from Douglas J. Boyle, 2005). Many people might debate that bullying is something that every child goes through and is simply a part of growing up, although there are several damaging consequences that happens to the child’s brain. Bullying causes the child to feel upset, isolated, frightened, anxious, and depressed. They feel like they reason they are being picked on is because there is something wrong with them and may even lose their confidence feel unsafe going to school (Frenette, 2013 as cited from Douglas J. Boyle, 2005) Anthropologically, sociologically, or psychologically, bullying can be analyzed through different perspectives and several questions can be asked based on the topic:
Bullying is a repeated harmful act that continues to affect millions of students every year. There is no stereotypical person that is a target for bullying; anyone can be its victim. There may not always be any signs of physical harm during these attacks, but our children always suffer emotional harm. Educating students, teachers and parents seems to be the only valid solution to this problem. There are many organizations that can educate the schools on this subject but for it to work people must care. Maybe one day, when enough people realize that this problem will not go away with out their help, we can eliminate bullying from our schools. In a perfect world there would be no bullying, but if you could ask Rachel Scott she would tell you we do not live in a perfect world, only a hopeful one.
Shootings and physical violence are only part of the problem in schools. More than twenty percent of students have encountered bullying whi...
In conclusion, Students will learn to stick up for themselves and grow to be an independent person. With this program, students will be able to open up to someone they can trust and create a bond with their teachers. The children will start to think positive and live a happy life style. There will be special bonds made with the students throughout the school. The school environment will become a judgment free zone and no student will feel alone or be harassed. If every school creates a bullying awareness program, there is a chance that the suicidal rate for children will decrease. All schools should have a bullying awareness program to stop bullying and have a safe, clean school environment.
Bullying is something that is not something new and is actually something that society continues to face. Over the years, bullying has been looked at as being so ordinary in schools that it is continuously overlooked as an emanate threat to students and has been lowered to a belief that bullying is a part of the developmental stage that most young children will experience then overcome (Allebeck, 2005, p. 129). Not everyone gets over the extreme hurt that can come as an effect from bullying, for both the bully and the victim. Because of this, we now see bullying affecting places such as the workplace, social events and even the home. The issue of bullying is not only experienced in schools, but the school environment is one of the best places
Bullying has always been present within the United States. Although the issue has been around for a long time, it continues to grow and become more of problem. It is said that about 160,000 children within the United States are refusing to go to school because of bullying. Another statistic is that within American schools alone, there are an estimated 2.1 billion bullies and 2.7 billion victims (Dan Olewus, MBNBD). The numbers presented here are outrageous and although there are organizations to stop bullying, obviously there needs to be a new set of solutions. Any type of bullying presents problems to children, “Suicide, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, trouble with the law, poor performance in school and work, and lack of involvement in socially accepted activities are some of the difficulties resulting from bullying (Austin, Reynolds, Barnes, Shirley). Of course, there is more than just a single type of bullying. Feeding ground for bullies can range anywhere from text-message or cyberbullying to physical bullying in schools. Also, bullies can begin to strike at a young age and could also be; teenage, middle-age, or even the elderly. Even though there are these many versions of problematic bullies, the largest bullying problems take place within the school setting: a place that is supposed to be safe for children rather than harmful. Although it seems impossible to completely get rid of bullying, these are a few suggested solutions; making the school informed on bullying issues, schools implementing rules on bullying, and having students positively use electronics to stop bullying.
Bullying of students in school is an abuse that affects and produces a number of negative experiences on the victim. It is proven that those students who bully do so merely because they see themselves superior than those being bullied. They use this as a tactic to make juniors fear them and show them that they are not equal in any way. Some will even bully as a revenge of the bullying they suffered in the past. I have been bullied before and I know some of the effects it could have on a person. Bullying is a serious cause of many issues and has effects that may be long lasting.
In recent times bullying has become a national issue, notwithstanding the fact that it has been in existence for many years. Traditionally, bullying has been seen as horseplay, but with the increase of harassment in schools and suicides; parents and schools are now forced to take action to prevent bullying in schools. Bullying is an unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance which has the potential to be repeated over time. Strategies to prevent bullying in schools are grouped into identifying the causes of bullying, creating policies and rules, building a safe environment and educating students and staff.
Bullying has become a serious problem in public schools systems. Being a victim of bullying is a daily struggle for some students. The issue continues to grow, but the question is how to stop bullying from occurring. Many ways have been attempted to stop bullying, but some are more effective than others. Having the students get involved seems to have the most positive effect on the bullying issue in public school systems.