Introduction
Bullying can happen anywhere and to anyone whether it is online or in person. It can happen at school, in your neighborhood, or while your on-line. “Bullying is when someone is being hurt by words or by actions on purpose.” “Cyberbullying is using technology - internet, email, cell phones, social media, pictures - to hurt or harm someone.” It can have a major effect on the bully and the victim both. But, bullying is not just name calling, it is also teasing, spreading rumors, leaving someone out on purpose, or talking about someone or hurting someone. Bullying is a big deal and has ruined many lives of children who are just my age. Teaching kids about bullying is very important so they will know what to do if they are being
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Many bullies either got picked on themselves or have a bad home life so they need to make other people 's lives bad also. There are also some bullies that just pick on kids to get attention or they think that it 's cute. If a bully does not have a lot of stuff that other people have, they feel the need to pick on other kids so that they can stand out and fit in. Bullies do not realize is how much picking on someone can affect them.
Similarities/Differences
Cyberbullying and bullying have many similarities but do not have very much differences. The similarities of cyberbullying and face-to-face bullying are as simple as them both being some form of bullying. There are different levels of bullying however. Such as the first level being you simply calling someone a name. The next level would be them going from calling them a name once, to them calling them a name everyday. If it continues to get worse and worse than it may even get to the point where they start physically bullying them. Some get as bad as the bully beating them up. But all bullying is bad and not okay. You can hurt people really badly, no matter how much you do it and no matter if it 's behind a screen or not. That 's why the answer to my research question - Is cyberbullying as bad as face-to-face? - is yes. “Both are bullying that can cause harmful effects.” But, the bully seems as if they are more bold behind a
In our time today, there are many types of "bullying", but the one type I believe can be the worse and the one I will be discussing will be “Cyber bullying.” Cyber Bullying is an action when people either get together or by themselves purposely threaten or harass another kid through social media, such as Twitter or Facebook. The use of smart phones makes this action so easy to do and we can't really do anything to stop it from happening. These people can go and tweet about something any part of the day. All types of bullying are usually related in some type of way but the action of doing it is usually much different. Cyber bullying is one of the worst types of
Bullying in general takes place everywhere in everyday life, it occurs at school, work, hanging out with friends or a crowd of people, it also sometimes takes place at home. Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place on and over digital devices. Bullying happens to everyone at some point in everyone’s life. I’m here to tell you several issues that affect bullying and i’m also going to tell you about some things we can do to prevent bullying.
Kids who bully either have a reason as to why they are doing so, or they are just doing it with no particular reason. If they don’t have a reason, then it’s probably because they are popular and think they have control and all power over everyone else. If
Do you think you know all the facts about bullying? There are so many different types of bullying that someone may not even realize they have become a victim of the act. Some people have been picked on so much by another, they end up forming a habit of bullying themselves. They may even pick up the habit of allowing others to bully them. The term 'bully' means to be on top; to use aggresive behavior to get what he or she wants. We can be bullied in many forms. It comes in verbal aggresiveness, being physically aggresive, or even being bullied through social media; also known as cyber bullying.
All around the world, every day, a child becomes a victim of bullying, and although it happens a lot in many schools not much attention is paid to it. Bullying occurs mostly in school and can start from elementary school all the way up to high school years. Although it is mostly common on school grounds there have been issues of it happening outside of the school area, such as in their home. There are different types of bullying such as physical which is contact between the bully and the victim, calling them names, taunting them, and even doing physical harm to the victim. Another form of bulling is cyber which can take place using a computer on the internet and the use of a cell phone. The other is verbal bullying where the bully will say things to the victim to try and hurt their feelings and make fun of the way the look or how they dress. Bullying is a serious matter that most do not pay much attention to, yet it can have a serious effect on your child. Therefore, schools should be more focused on this problem and children should be more informed about how to stop and help others who are being bullied.
Cyberbullying is the most dangerous and effective type of bullying. When someone gets cyber bullied, there is no
What effect does bullying have on children? Cases of bullying among children are increasing in the United states and all over the world causing serious effects on them. Technology has allowed the bullying problem to increase but also has increased the chances of opportunity to help stop this problem. Major Effects caused by bullying in children are Anxiety which can cause children to worry excessively, Depression which can lead to mood changes and self esteem problems that lead to lack of love for there selves.
Google’s online dictionary defines bullying as using superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Many define bullying as physically, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically degrading another living being.
If a student witnesses a group of kids huddled around and teasing a shy girl in their class about the way her hair is braided, that student may try to decide if one should say something. When no one else is getting involved and one does not want to be a new part of their group ridicule, it may give pause. Any pause in this situation is too much time wasted while another child suffers at the hands of bullying.
Bullying in children and adolescence is becoming an ever increasing issue as it is prevalent in various forms including physical, verbal, relational, and cyber space (Wang et al., 2011). Bullying can be defined as a subtype of aggression that involves repeated exposure to negative actions with the intent to cause harm or discomfort and an imbalance of power between the bully and victim (Hong, Kral, & Sterzing, 2014). Youth who are being bullied have been found to have significant risk of developing depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and attempts, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (Yen et al., 2014). Studies have shown that depression is associated with exposure to bullying, so it is crucial that health care professionals
Bullying has been around since the beginning of time. Parents may remember when they were kids and the bully would pick on them or their friends by stealing lunch money or just getting beat up, and that was the end of it. The victims remember the hurt, frustration, and sadness it caused. However, these days, bullying is not just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it is happening on the Internet and on cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day with multiple bullies and thousands of kids watching. Cyberbullying follows children nonstop and into the safety of their house. Sometimes kids are afraid to inform their parents about the cyberbullying that they will think its there fault. Or that their parents will call the bullies parents or other parents, making the bullying worse. However, the effect and pain that comes from cyberbullying is real. People underestimate cyberbullying, just because it is happening online and not in person. Cyberbullying can lead to many different factors like drinking, and drugs, poor grades, depression, eating disorders. Many students have even taken their own lives because of another student saying something to them online. Cyberbullying has been taking place a lot more in middle and high schools because of the increased usage of social media networks and technology. Cyberbullying is worse and more harmful than traditional bullying.
Bullying is considered to be aggressive behavior that is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over a period of time. The actions of bullying can include spreading rumors, making threats, verbally or physically attacking someone, or purposely isolating someone from a group. As children attempt to make sense of traumatic events, new behavioral problems can stem from re-experienced occurrences. Some children affected may disassociate themselves from the situations and absorb themselves in behaviors that generate negative attention. Many bullies themselves have experienced difficulties within their own lifestyles. Bullying can stem from existing problems or challenges from home such as divorced parents, violent episodes inside the home, foster care, drug abuse or sexual abuse. Unfortunately, sometimes leading to catastrophic or disastrous outcomes.
They are mean to their peers and boss others around. Other bullies just want to fit in and be cool. Growing up it is important to children and teens that they fit in; while trying to do so some children bring their peers down so they can build themselves up. They dominate others to show their power and superiority (“Bullying Statistics”).
In the United States, there is an increasing amount of Bullying of various types among school-aged children. Bullying has not only become worse it is also more evident and proven now of the horrible affects bullying has on children causing long term psychological or physical damage and in some cases even ends in death as in the case of Phoebe Prince in 2004. (J. Holladay, 2011, par. 5) The chances and ability to inflict constant bullying or torment on a victim has increased as the internet and social media has come into children’s lives. This reduces the amount of time victims have without this negative influence on their lives and increasingly drives down their self-esteem raising the risk for them to do just what
Bullying effects someone’s physical and emotional health. This leads to injuries, social and emotional problems. Bully’s often have low self-esteem or have their own personal issues that they don’t know how to deal with so they will take it out on other people. A lot of people who are bullied or are bullies themselves when they are younger will end up having problems in school, alcohol and drug problems and use violence a lot more than needed.