Persuasive Essay About Bullying

Samorah Thomas
Mrs. Scott Jackson
Block 2
January 9, 2014

“A young man committed suicides because of all the people that bullied him… his parents are devastated,” is what you hear on your news channel. Parents are losing teens every day because of bullying. Bullying is an unwanted aggressive behavior that is repeated over time (www.stopbullying.gov ). Just imagine feeling left out and depressed because of someone’s attitude towards you. Bullying is so serious that teens feel unwanted and get suicidal thoughts. At their age they should be enjoying themselves and getting ready for the future. When they get bullied it brings negative effects on their lives. Most of us think bullying isn’t a big deal unless it affects us or someone around us that we know. We should take it very serious because it can happen to anyone; but we can all help prevent bullying if we help each other. Parents, teachers, staff members, and students can all get involved and help stop bullying .We all have a role to play towards bullying and how it affects our teenagers.
Parents have a responsibility to teach their adolescents not to tease or bully other. Parents have to make sure their kids are feeling good about themselves and feeling safe. They can also help avoid bullying by making sure their youngsters aren’t bullies themselves. It’s rough to think of your kid as a bully, but it can happen. There are many signs to look for to make sure that a teen isn’t a bully. Signs that a kid I a bully are that they have impulsive behaviors, desire of being control and they have no empathy for others. Most teens are bullies and parents need to assure that it’s not their kids (www.greatschools.org/parenting/bullying/64-stam0p-out-bullying.gs ). In the same ...

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...his seriously we could reduce the number of bullying.
Therefore, everyone should be doing something to avoid all the negative effect bullying has on teenagers today .Parents, staff members and teens themselves can all work together to make our society bully free. There would be fewer parents crying at their child’s funeral, less shootings, and less criminal records; if we reduce the chances of bullying from occurring. The most important thing is for everyone to learn to love themselves because it will build up their self-esteem. According to Dilg Beth The author of Hungry for Attention page 193, “I tried to get people’s attention but at the end I realized it didn’t matter.” As you get older you’ll realize what people think of you or say to you doesn’t worry you.