Argumentative Essay

““Well, they had a point. You are fat and disgusting!” The therapist announced. Patricia was sobbing, eyes red and nose runny...“Come on… Let’s go. We aren’t putting up with that!” her father...opened the door and ushered the family through. The therapist just observed and no more was heard from him…[Her nervous breakdown] was a result of long term bullying leading to an episode of being run out of school by a gang of boys. They threatened to kill her with a crowbar, sticks and wooden planks. She felt like a hunted fox” (shazwellyn.hubpages.com). No matter how hard a parent might try to help their child, whether they’re being bullied or are the bully, the consequences should not fall on the people who raise them because the victims have to do what they can to make up for what they’ve done or what they’ve suffered. The city of Monona, Wisconsin has proposed a new law that tickets and fines the parents for failing to respond properly to their child’s poor behavior. A behavioral and personal change consulting specialist, Mr. Michael Harmann, hypothesized that bullying behavior is typically an effort to cover up the bully's own vulnerability. It's a primitive mindset that wants to make you pay when you show vulnerability and since bullying mostly occurs under the legal age, that’s enough to say that higher levels of authority don’t have control over the thoughts and actions that bullies use as an outlet for their own pain because it goes against the Constitution. The key to helping the children we feel so sorry for is to heal the bully before he turns into a monster and the only way to help the perpetrator is to make him face his motivation to bully. “If you think about it, a great strategy to avoid being rejected is to reject everyon...

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... people hear of a child committing suicide because of bullying, they think of how devastating it must’ve been for him/her, but it never seems to cross our minds that bullies need to have a voice too so their side of the story can be heard. It’s hard to believe, but many bullies have been victims themselves or have had to deal with personal issues which makes them feel the need to use this defense mechanism that thrusts the knife farther and deeper than what was coming at them. No matter the reason, they all deserve to be forgiven, accepted by society, and treated more fairly by standards that we don’t understand. Therefore we have to give everyone flexibility in their choices. Let them experience bullying, let them decide on their own what is right and what is wrong, and let them choose on their own terms of what they’ve learned whether change is even a good thing.