Bullying Epidemic

One way of stopping bullying is through anti-bullying campaign and group discussion seminar regarding the effects of bullying. By building this campaign, it can help the victims feel like they are not alone and have someone who will listen to them. Having someone who they can vent to in the time of need, can help relieve the pain they are drowning in. With these seminars, we can teach others about the effects that bullying brings on their victims.This campaign can help them relieve the pain and become stronger as an individual to overcome this horrible obstacle in their life.Statistics have shown that bullies themselves don’t see the outcomes of the harm they are doing. According to Rachel C. Vreeman, assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, “evaluations of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, a comprehensive “whole-school” intervention on which many subsequent programs have been based, report reductions of 30% to 70% in the student reports of being bullied and bullying others.” (20) Which demonstrates by having these campaigns it can help dramatically to be spread throughout, to help every child and not simply ignore the problem.

Each year, bullying affects the lives of at least 3.2 million students across the globe.  While some schools tend to look over bullying, many schools have started to reprimand their students for even the slightest act of bullying. However, bullying does not start and end in the school.  Bullying starts in the home and it is the responsibility of the parents to encourage their children to be kind and respectable people. In the times of social media and the internet, bullying is a bigger problem than it has ever been. Even though bullying has always been a problem in the lives of adolescents,  it is ultimately the responsibility of parents and school faculty to make sure bullying is stopped in it’s tracks and does not become a bigger problem than it already is.

Bullying is defined as the prolonged malicious act of harming peers by abusing their own--or an existing imbalance of--power, and has become one of the most common sources of trauma among adolescents. One report shows that one of three children were victims of bullying during some point in their life, and that 10-14% of all adolescents were victims of chronic bullying for at least six months prior to participating in the survey. Children who were victims of bullying are also found to be at a higher risk of diagnoses for anxiety disorders and depression during young and middle adulthood. These victims are reported to be more likely to have lower levels of general/physical health, and lower educational acquirements than young and middle-aged adults who were not bullied (Wolke & Lereya, 2015). Because bullying is such a prominent problem, citizens, policymakers, and social scientists alike, should feel or have some social and moral obligation to address, and hopefully avert bullying. The state of bullying, and how it is enacted, is constantly changing and adapting to social frameworks. Because bullies can adapt to social changes and regulations, we, as a society, should be equally adaptive in how we perceive, address, prevent, and punish bullying.

Bullying at school is a big problem that is found in all the schools in the United States and across the world. Since the late 1990s there have been several fatal school shootings committed by victims of bullying that have brought bullying major media attention. This has resulted in an increase of awareness about the harmful effects on the kids being bullied as well as the bullies themselves. This has brought a large amount of local, state, and nationwide programs designed to try to prevent bullying or to at least try to contain the problem. “In an effort to adequately address the problem, many schools are taking a proactive approach through prevention and intervention, but how do we know if and when such intervention is effective? First and foremost, we must have an accurate understanding of the dynamic and complex phenomenon of bullying across development and as it spans the multiple levels of the social ecology” (Casper, Meter, & Card, 2015, par 2). Many psychologists, sociologists, and school administrators have been publishing research on school bullying. Bullying is a significant threat to many children because it causes psychological problems not only for those who get bullied but also those who do the bullying. Even though bullying is a significant problem the are few solutions that can help prevent or significantly reducing bullying like reporting bullying, know the characteristics, and passing laws.

Bullying has become a major issue in the United States and around the world. What brought the attention to people about bullying is the number of suicides that are committed by adolescents and the stories they share online or live television. Bullying is categorized to be direct verbal, direct physical, and indirect forms. Not every person has an idea how terrible bullying can be and how harmful it is to the victim. Bullying has driven students to commit actions they have never done before such as cutting themselves, suicidal thoughts, health disorders, and bad behavior. Bullying must be taken seriously, because it results in negative effects on its victims and may drive students to commit horrific actions. Lawmakers should draft anti-bullying legislation, students should stand up for one another, and society should work out what can be done to combat this problem.

Sticks and stones do break bones but words will never hurt me, when we were little children that is what we were taught. Now more than ever that Mother Goose rhyme is irrelevant. More and more children are being bullied and they are being pushed to their edge of sanity and people do not really take this horrible epidemic seriously. According to a study, the following percentages of middle schools students had experienced these various types of bullying: name calling (44.2 %); teasing (43.3 %); spreading rumors or lies (36.3%); pushing or shoving (32.4%); hitting, slapping, or kicking (29.2%); leaving out (28.5%); threatening (27.4%) stealing belongings (27.3%); sexual comments or gestures (23.7%); e-mail or blogging (9.9%). (Facts

Bullying has become an epidemic in our society. Children with special needs are often the victims of bullying. Seah Mahrer is a high school student with Down's Syndrome. His mother was worried about him starting high school. She thought that he would be picked on because of his disability. Sean's family members and friends reached out on Facebook and asked people for their support.

Bullying is a growing epidemic in today’s society and has become a pressing social and educational concern. It is often dismissed as typical adolescent behavior but ignoring the problem could be detrimental to the bully, the person being bullied, and even those who stand by witnessing the unkind acts but do nothing about it. Bullying can hinder academic, social, and emotional development and because it manifests in different forms, it is important to recognize the signs and address it with all parities immediately.

Bullying has changed and become a more frequent trend over the years. Adolescents get bullied through social media and in person. In some cases there are not many people who speak out and help the person being bullied. While there might be some peers who hesitate to speak up, “[i]f no one speaks out against the bully, the bystanders interpret the lack of response as an acceptance of the behavior” (Finkelstein). When no one stands up for the victim, silence is an encouragement for the bullying to continue. Students don’t realize how speaking up for someone can make a great difference, even if it’s only one person. While children are mostly aware of what bullying is, they don’t completely understand it “[b]ullying can take many forms, including

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.

Imagine walking alone in a crowded hallway, as everyone stares at you, laughs, and calls you despiteful names. High school already comes with a great amount of obstacles, why add bullying? School bullying is a major social problem affecting adolescents in all parts of the world (Jantzer et. al.). Teachers and peers seem to do nothing about this issue and it is causing a tremendous problem. Bullying should be a zero-tolerance offence in schools because there has been an increase in adolescent self-harm behavior, an increase in students skipping school, and an increase in poor sleep quality.

Over the past few decades, bullying has become a highly significant issue in schools across the globe. In the United States alone, it is estimated that approximately one in three children are victims of bullying (Smokowski & Kopasz, 2005). Although bullying affects nearly 70 percent of all students, it is usually “overlooked, ignored, and/or minimized” (Canter, 2005). By examining the definition of bullying, risk factors of being a victim and bully, and the impacts of bullying, schools can become more aware of their students’ overall wellbeing through identifying, preventing, and reducing bullying.

“70.6% of young people say they have seen bullying in their schools”, says the American SPCC. Loads of people are subjects to bullying within their schools, and sadly many of them are neglected. This epidemic has falsely lead numerous people into the belief that there is one underlining answer to this issue, anti-bullying programs. These programs are made up of well-intentioned groups of people trying to prevent bullying, however, rarely does it work. Many anti-bullying programs end up working in favor of the bully, because they set regulations that are easy for the bully to work around, they eliminate any guarantee to the victims’ protections, and they don’t protect those who can’t standup for themselves; those who hurt.

Bullying has become a growing issue around the world. The act of bullying can begin with a small eye roll, but within a short period of time it can escalate to abuse. Bullying is an issue that cannot be taken lightly. The consequences of bullying can be lethal, encourage a never-ending cycle of bullying, and have long term mental effects. In a recent survey conducted at Elise P. Buckingham Charter Magnet High School, the results indicated that bullying is still an issue. It is not clear how bullying can be completely eradicated, but there are ways of preventing it from increasing in society.

School bullying and bullying as a whole has become a growing concern. The need for more intervention is more recognized, as incidents of bullying and inappropriate acts towards others occur in places outside of the classroom. This literature takes a closer look at bullying in schools. Olwesus (2013) states “the field of bullying research is to some extent plagued by problems, disagreements, and unresolved issues” (p.752). Whether if anyone will agree on the root of bullying, the fact remains that bullying has to be examined at its very core to remedy the matter before it becomes a bigger concern. There is a dire need for intervention based programs to be set in place to address the fact the act of bullying has lasting effects on the bully and the victim. When intervention programs are put into place to address bullying, the act of bullying decreases due to the gained understanding of the effects.