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Bullying : Is It Your Child?

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When you hear the word bully what comes to mind? Is it your child? Someone else’s child or maybe your local school. Bullying is not okay at home or at school but the issue is in our school system not just by our children but also our teachers. Some may take this lightly and some not but do you really know what your child is doing or having done to them at school? Let’s reach out and make a difference starting now! There are several types of bullying. Face to face bullying including physical and verbal bulling, cyber bullying, and bullying about race and religion. There is pack bullying and individual bullying as well. This is not something we should be taking lightly. Bullying hurts destroys and kills. Statistics shows 1 out of 4 are bullied at school at some point in their life. What are some ways we can work together and stop bullying in our schools and how can we spot a bully.
First, bullying comes from all ages all the way up to adults. Bullying is more noticeable in middle school then in high school. I do not think this is due to a maturity issue between the grade levels simply because older bully younger and younger bully older. Most school bullying is done inside school and less on the property and even less on the bus coming to and from school. We all wonder what is causing all of this bullying. Bullying comes from life all around. It could be abuse at home; the bully could be bullied outside of school by another peer or even in the same school through cyber

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