Kids will be kids! We all hear may parents express this quote. Well, what if the kid that receiving the name calling is a different type of kid. What if this kid is depressed, shy, withdrawn? What if this child grows up with the burden of remembering all the hurt that other kids put on him or her and carries that weight into adulthood? These are the questions that we should ask ourselves when we talk to other parents, and trying to respectfully find a solution to the bully of children in the school system.
Time and technology has changed over the years; bullying have evolved with the changing technology as well. The one thing that hasn’t changed is the parents that defend their children by making excuses or not acknowledging the bad behavior.
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In my opinion bullying is a form of harassment by making fun or physically attacking someone based on race, religion, sexual orientation, wealth status, rumors, and many more. Bullying has also taken on a form of social media. Social media have tortured many kids and with many kids have taken their lives before they have even started. I did some research and came across www.cyberbullyhotline.com Sam Laird wrote,” 3 million kids are absent from school due to bullying. 4500 kids commit suicide due to bullying.” If you had a child in school is this a statistic that you could ignore? (Laird …show more content…
I could find an article by Pacer. It lists ways to effectively reach your child if you child is the bully. Sometimes children do not realize the impact of the things they say. They are not even realizing that they are bullies. Sometimes a simple conversation can make a child realizes what exactly bulling means. Explore the reason of your child’s behavior. They themselves may have been a result of being bullying. Take action, to let children know that it will not be tolerated for any reason at all. Even though there are several reason the most important one in my opinion and is teach your child empathy, love, and compassion. (pacer 2015) Also we need to be made aware of what children are doing on social media. They need to be taught the importance of being responsible and what they say about people publicly can last a long time on the person they hurt.
If bullying is failed to be recognized it will only get worse before it gets better. The advancing technology is allowing many children to bully others. Once again I stress that we need involvement on what children are posting and who they are posting about. Also, if we have a child that has been bullied parents need to talk to their child and let them know that they are
Around the world there are many different problems going on. There's money problems, homelessness, Drug use,human trafficking etc. In this case bullying is one of those problems that we’re focusing on. This can relate to so many different people in the world because bullying is popular, and happens a lot either it’s in school or outside of school. Yet bullying is more likely to happen in school than out of school in closed areas where there's no supervision or adult in sight, which gives bullies the chance to do whatever and not get in trouble. There are different types of bullying and not all are the same but verbal is like the same exact thing as a punch in the stomach because words hurt just as much. Family first aid statistics say that about 30 percent of teenagers in the U.S. has been the
According to ABC news, in October 2013, bullying is on the rise. The last couple of years the news and social media have been filled with stories of bullying. Just last week, there was a story on ABC news about a fifteen year old autistic boy from Ohio, who was deceived into pouring a bucket of urine and feces on his head. The pranksters told the boy that it was for the ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) ice bucket challenge. The boy trusted the pranksters and in return he was mortified. After finding out about this story, I began to wonder what makes someone bully others. I also started to think about how my high school bullying experience was, and how I had been at both sides of bullying. I then did some research on stopbulling.gov. According
Bullying has evolved in ways to where they use today 's technology to upload stuff like pictures of the victims did not want shown, lies and terrible stuff that is unnecessary to be said instead of using the technology for what it was truly for which is called Cyberbullying.Some of the many ways bullying happens according to Sherri Gourdon is Physical,Verbal,Social,Sexual,Prejudicial, Relational Aggression and Cyber. But people can argue in ways saying “bully is ok because it gives the
“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.
Many kids are being bullied in schools all around our nation. This behavior has been repeated for too long. Kids bully others, they are being bullied, or they witness the bullying. The internet came along and the bullies had a new platform where they could spread rumors, post mean messages or embarrassing pictures. Now kids really could not escape their intimidators. It used to be said that getting picked on was a way to develop character. Sadly, we only realized bulling was an issue that had to be dealt with when students began to kill themselves due to the torment they were enduring on a daily
Bullying is an on going problem that I feel isn't going to be fixed by some bill passed by the state. I don't know a lot about this bill that was passed but from what I've heard I don't think it's a fix this "problem." I feel that the word "bullying" is a term that is over used, not use correctly and miss perceived by many people. Now I have been bullied, bullying to me is making comments to bring someone down such as, "your going to eat all of that?" to mean remarks calling someone a slut, whore, bitch, etc. everyone's view of bullying changes in every grade and from person to person. Some people are more sensitive to comments as I explained, but some really don't care what people say to them or about them. I have been a victim to bullying, normally attacks on my self-esteem, looks, the way I talk, what I wore, what I drove, my grades, what I did in my personal life, pretty much whatever they could get their hands on to make me feel like crap is what I experienced. For cyber bullying I've experienced it mainly when I made a post and a group of people gang up on you and verbally att...
Becoming someone’s personal punching bag and constantly being called inappropriate names is not something that is ideal, especially in high school. Bullying is a very well known issue around the world, but not everyone is willing to put the effort into solving the problem. There are many different ways of bullying, in several grade levels, workplaces, online, and much more but today’s main focus is in high school. Although, not all things you do, can stop it. To end bullying, everyone needs to come together as a community, to get their word out and make the bullies realize what they are doing. Although there are hundreds of methods to address bullying in high schools, the best solution includes a community effort that incorporates knowing when someone is being bullied, creating an identity safe climate where all people are respected, and encouraging people to be an upstander.
Parents and schools play a significant role in stopping bullies. The research states “the families of bullies are lacking in warmth and closeness and focused on power and dominance.” (1) To prevent bullying, parents, school staffs and all adults have a role to play. Help children who experienced bullying to understand that it is unacceptable behavior and how to stand up to it. Communication is always the key. Adults should listen to children, know what is going on around them, friends, school, and understand their concerns. Encourage children to build their interest and hobbies, this will boost their confidence and help them to make friends. Gather parents and children together is a great way to prevent and protect from bullying.
Human nature will never change. You can observe children and create guidelines to reduce bullying, but there will always be egotistical, hostile individuals in society. It is a vicious cycle that cannot be broken because victims do not take a stand due to fear, retaliation, and consequences. Bullies rarely get caught, and when they do, they blame the victim, therefore, the victim usually gets the punishment for retaliation. This only shows that our enforcement system is not working. Society will not stand up against bullying because most people do not care as long as it is not affecting them or choose to look the other way. Because our current system is not working, bullying victims are feeling trapped in a world of hopelessness.
...also remember to teach our children how important kindness and compassion is. Bullying is such an unecessary evil and its up to parents, teachers and adults to protect our children from this abuse.
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.
As a society, we often underestimate the damages that bullying cause on children, not just America but all over, and the ones who suffer are the victims themselves. Victims are damaged with the stigma that they are weak, yet somehow have to fend for themselves against something that they have little to no control over. Whether it is for funding, a reputation or any other reason schools sweep their bullying problem under the rug or turn a blind eye, however they have more potential to end this growing issue. To the schools that think bullying is not their problem, they should know that according to heyugly.org, an anti-bullying campaign, “Approximately, 160,000 children a day stay home from school in fear of being bullied.”They also point out
We all know what it is, and we know it’s not a good thing. Bullying has been around for ages, and has gotten worse as time has progressed. With all the technology the world has today, bullying is not only occurring at school and work, but online as well. Most individuals try to ignore a bully, but sometimes ignoring it makes the situation even worse. Bullying is a serious subject that needs to be looked at more. Individuals are being affected by bullying in a negative way, causing a lowering of self-esteem, depression and sometimes even suicide.
Although bullying continues to be an issue in our society, but mainly in schools, all we can do is keep educating kids on what is right and wrong, letting them know the consequences of their actions both to its victim and to themselves. Also, parents can be more enlightened on how to raise their kids in healthier way so that they do not grow up seeking for attention or power in the wrong ways.