Bullying: A Dangerous, Life-Threatening Epidemic

One of the many health problems affecting children or adolescents today is bullying. Children who experience bullying reported that they got bullied by their looks, body shape, and/or race (Bullying 2015). One out of every four students (22%) report being bullied during the school year in the United States (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2015). About 46% of children or adolescents in Kentucky are victims of bullying in schools. Bullying is most commonly described by three characteristics: it is intentionally harmful, it is repetitive in nature, and there is a power difference between the bully and the victim (Oleweus, 1993). Almost 64% of children who are bullied do not report it; only 36% report the bullying (Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, And Hanson, 2010). It is impossible to determine the exact number of bullying incidents that occur in our primary and secondary schools each year. While there is some evidence to suggest that students now find schools safer that they were ten years ago, but bullying still occurs every day somewhere in someone’s life.

The government should have limited power to receive access to our personal internet content and information. The photos we take, messages we send, and our search history should all be kept to ourselves. No one should have permission to go through our privacy. Its called privacy for a reason, shouldn't it be kept private? Internet Bullying, commonly referred as cyber bullying is a serious problem in the U.S. and it should be prevented at all times. Nevertheless their will always be bullies and victims. Although going through our social media may help kids with their bullying. It_Ñés also a privacy issue. First you have to realize almost everyone can be a cyber bully. Where its from sending a mean tweet, to posting a nasty picture on snapchat, or a video on Instagram, and etc. All

The New Face of Bullying chapter emphasizes how to identify bullying and understand gateway behaviors. Three characteristics that identify bullying are power imbalance, repeated occurrence, and intentionality. Power imbalance occurs when bullies are bigger and stronger than the victims. Victims are vulnerable targets since they’re physically weaker and can’t defend themselves. Repeated occurrences occur when bullies constantly harass victims on numerous occasions through different components such as physical bullying, verbal bullying, and cyber bulling. Intentionality occurs when bullies have a negative agenda to cause visible hurt or harm towards victims for their enjoyment.

Bullying is a pandemic that has spread across the world affecting thousands of countless lives, socially physically, and emotionally. Such conditions can lead to depression, suicide, and in severe cases shootings. Unfortunately people fail to recognize that these effects are 100% preventable if only they spoke to an adult about the situation or stood up for oneself and taking preemptive measures to eradicate bullying.

Bullying is a huge problem here in America, one that is not going away anytime soon. Thousands of people report being bullied everyday. Many only think the bullying can only happen to kids. Sadly, many adults are also victims of bullying too. With bullying being so prevalent in todays society it has had a huge effect on students at school, it can also affect adults in the work place. With social media people can bully from behind a computer screen. Many celebrities and companies are using their platform to help spread the word about bullying.

Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year and approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. However only 1 in 4 teachers believe that bullying is wrong, and only seven percent will actually intervene in the act. Bullying is a major problem in today's society, thousands of kids are bullied everyday! What would you do if a friend was getting bullied? If you couldn’t stand up for yourself what would you want others to do? Millions of kids are bullied all the time, some have a little friends while other don’t have any. The less amount of friends you have, the more likely you are to be bullied. School officials do not always know how to stop bullying. However, some schools out there are going all out in

Has someone ever made fun of you, made you feel stupid, or made you feel bad about yourself? If yes, then you have been a victim of bullying. Bullying can diminish the mental and/or physical health of bullied individuals. This epidemic happens every day, yet nothing is trying to stop it. If no one addresses the problem, then it will continue to be a problem. Yes, there are programs trying to prevent bullying, but who is to say that people are listening? Even with all of the bully prevention programs, bullying is still not being addressed properly because it is still prevalent in causing negative impacts on one’s mental and physical health and can lead to suicidal thoughts.

Everyone has encountered a bully at one point in their lifetime and if you say you have not then it was probably you. They are like the plague everyone avoids them at all cost even if it means taking the longest way to class. Bullies are not just born bullies they have something that fuels the fire and rage inside. School is supposed to be a safe place for children, but some kids fear school because they get bullied or picked on. Bullies often seem superior to others when really, they feel inferior inside because they are insecure or are having something go on in their home life. There are three common reasons a bully lashes out, the bully comes from a dysfunctional family, the bully feels the need to be in control, Bullying behavior gets rewarded.

Childhood bullying has recently been considered a serious public health problem. Little research has been conducted regarding the predisposing factors involved in childhood bullies. Existing literature suggests that the child’s early home environment is strongly correlated with the development of anti-social behaviour. The research paper “Early Cognitive Stimulation, Emotional Support, and Television Watching as Predictors of Subsequent Bullying Among Grade-School Children” (2005), hypothesizes that (1) early cognitive stimulation, (2) early parental emotional support, and (3) early viewing of television within the household are predictors of bullying behavior, while controlling for baseline bullying (Zimmerman et al.,

Bullying. This word has meaning for so many people. Some have been bullied. Some have witnessed it. Some tried to stop it. Some are parents of children who are bullied. Some even contemplate suicide because of it. Bullying is something that occurs almost on a daily basis in many schools in the United States as well as around the nation. While the principles of many schools claim to help the situation, they allow it to continue or say “kids will be kids”. Since when was it ok to be pushed around or beaten down physically, emotionally, and mentally in one of the few places that a student should feel as if they are safe?

Bullying is becoming a silent epidemic in the United States, not only affecting our children but adults as well. Adults can experience workplace bullying that involves verbal, physical, and mental mistreatment that can come from your manager or a co-worker.

Bullying is an emotional and physical draining issue that is prominent throughout the world today. School bullying has been identified as a major problem in many countries and almost anyone you come across has a story they can tell about it. Bullying can create a hard lifestyle for someone who is victimized, and can threaten a person’s opportunities in life in the near future. The social climate of a school is a replica of the world outside. All fifty states have passed school anti-bullying legislation, but each state addresses bullying differently. It is equally important that where people develop a large portion of their mortality, their understanding how the world works and how their sense of responsibility goes towards the society they live in.

Specifically,School systems that are commonly viewed as excellent sources of receiving education are becoming a host of parasitic bullying, negatively affecting students learning environments.

Bullies think that they rule the schools. Over 3.2 million students are bullied each year and people are just overlooking this situation. Seventeen percent of students report being bullied two to three times a month or more within a school semester. When bullying is going on in our schools one in four teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and don't intervene but four percent of the time. School is suppose to be a place where people feel comfortable but sixty-seven percent of students don't think that schools take bullying seriously. “Neither teachers nor other students were aware of the nature of the interview”(Side and Johnson 220). Schools should have an anti-bullying program so that the bullying in schools will decrease.

Bullying is becoming a growing problem among teens, parents, and society over all. Bullying has always been around and it is a problem many individuals fight to end every day. Bullying has become one of the leading causes of depression among teens and it is also a leading cause of suicide between young adults. Adults are to be blamed for bullying and cyberbullying amongst children and teenagers. Parents or guardians should get educated in the subject in order to educate their children. Whether it be in person or through a social network bullying is a problem that has to come to an end. Bullying is presented every day in various forms. A bully is a person who purposely hurts another individual physically and or emotionally. A bully finds pleasure in doing wrong to others.