Bullying: The Epidemic In the past, most American parents have looked at bullying as, “hey, they were only joking, toughen up a little”. Today it has turned into an epidemic. Most parents think that these type of things will just pass and go away as kids get older, not knowing the pain their child is feeling and that they are only masking that pain as they get older. America needs to recognize bullying as a true epidemic, these things will impact our kids lives forever. These days bullying isn’t just taking place at school on the playground, or in the hallways, it is taking place online. Today, and in recent years kids and young teens will only face more and more bullying as things evolve with social media, things like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are only going to become increasingly popular and new platforms will be made as well. Bullying affects people so much that it can …show more content…
One of the Koyczan wrote was “When a kid who could still go home to mom and dad had the audacity to tell him “get over it,” which is very relevant in American culture about how us as parents treat the matter of bullying when it comes to our kids. American dads simply just shrug off the idea that their kid got bullied and tell the kid to just shrug it off, most kids affected by bullying do not shrug it off and go back to school scared of who will judge them and feel unsafe. As parents we need to teach our kids how to react to bullying. Teaching our kids how to react to bullying is one of the main ways we can put a stop to it, by teaching our kids how to stick up for themselves they will start to fight back against bullying and we would see a lot less of it. But no, most American Dads will simply tell their child to forget that it happened and to just ignore it even when they drop their scared child back off to school
According to the article, Meet the New Sheriff by Suzanne McCabe, “One out of every five students are bullied or are bullies themselves.” This one piece of ground-breaking evidence is enough to destroy our society, and our children’s lives forever. Bullying is a highly discussed topic that American children face every day and it’s near impossible to stop. There are also topics within bullying, like how students become bullies, or how to stop bullying, also which is worse being a bystander or being a bully. And you can’t deny that bullies are almost like mad serial killers, they go around and they don’t stop even if they get into trouble. There are so many topics on bullying that you can’t even count them all. “Everyone has been bullied for
Bullying has been an issue for children in schools for years. Australia did a study showing that one in four children are bullied while in school. It has shown that children that have suffered being bullied have also suffered poor mental health compared to other children. Another research was shown that children that were bullied over time were actually suffering in long term as mentally unfit. Many researchers have conducted that most parents are not even aware that their child is being bullied at school. The main reasoning behind this problem is because parents are not in the schools everyday like the teacher is watching every move they make. Most of the responses of this issue have to come from the teachers or the child. Most children do not even
Parents are unaware of the amount of bullying that occurs. Bullying is not only local or global, it’s worldwide. This imperious behavior develops everywhere and on, just about everything. According to Banks, roughly about
“Bullying is one form of violence that seems to have increased in recent years,
The July 23,2010 New York Times article “There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully” by Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom (2010), reveals that laws do not stop bullying, only teaching the values of human life can make a difference . In Massachusetts, a recent state law is about anti-bullying. According to Engel and Sandstorm (2010), “schools are required to institute anti-bullying curriculum, investigate acts of bullying and report the most serious cases to law enforcement officers”. Research shows Children have been always been mean to one another. The desire and ability to protect and tolerate are not natural instinct in children.
Bullying can have a big impact on a child and young persons life and if it is not tackled then it can go on to carry on causing different problems in adult hood.
The issue of bullying may seem insignificant and petty, but the truth is we are conditioned to ignore it. The fear of being the next victim has caused many to lose sight of their moral compass when it comes to defending one another or standing up for what is right. Instead we cower and turn our attention to giving way to the biggest and loudest voice. Most people are prone to neglect the fact someone is being bullied, because once again they fear becoming the next victim. School bullying is a problem found all across the United States and around the world. It can take many forms, including physical violence, psychological bullying, name-calling, taunting, teasing, and social exclusion. Bullying was once thought of as a normal
Bullying is often downplayed with phrases such as “kids will be kids”, “it’s a normal part of growing up”, and “it will help toughen up more sensitive children”. All of these statements can be potentially damaging and also misleading.
According to the Journal of School Health, 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school (“11 facts”). Bullying is widespread epidemic and it is one of the most unreported safety problems that occur on school campuses across the nation. People take days away from school to avoid being terrorized, see their academic performance decrease, experience depression, and in extreme cases take their own lives, or kill some of their schoolmates due to the fact that they were constantly burdened with people bullying them. Can you imagine seeing your own child apprehensive about going to school because they are haunted by the memories of constantly being called names, having false rumors spread between their peers, or even, battered? I have noticed that bullying is often dismissed by people because they believe that it is just
Bullying is happening all the time and all around us. People blame lots of things on bullying like insecurities, low self esteem, and many others. What people seem to forget is the parents, teachers, coaches and other strong authority figures. People need to focus on where the kids are getting the ideas from adults; the real bully creators.
Bullying is a big problem, even with adults. Parents are often the reason kids decide to bully. Parents should be held accountable for their child’s actions because they are the ones taking care of them and the parents don’t always teach their kids correctly.
Strong, influential and cruel are just some of the words that come to mind when you hear the word bully. In American culture, bullying among children and teenagers has often been dismissed as a normal part of growing up. Little attention has been paid to the devastating effects of bullying, or to the connection between bullying and other forms of violence. Bullying in the American educational system is a significant social issue that it is steadily increasing. Many experts fear
Many kids all around the world are abused by their parents, peers or even by complete strangers. One of these types of abuse is bullying. At a first glance, we might think that it is an older kid beating/teasing a younger classmate however; bullying consists of much more than this. The basic definition of bullying is when your behavior hurts or harms another person physically or emotionally. There are many different types of bullying, which may lead to a victim becoming violent later on. There is teasing and name calling, there is also picking and shoving the kid. However, the most extreme one would be beating up the child, hurting them physically and mainly, emotionally.
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.
Every school I have attended has had an anti bullying pep rally, presentation, or letter sent home to parents. In elementary school, we were exposed to “nonchalant bullying” where the physically stronger kid pushes the physically weaker kid into a locker, when the bully teases someone or where a kid is being harassed for lunch money. This is the foundation for young bullies because they see it on television and ultimately think bullying is an okay thing to do.