This was a simple heartless statement that a tiny girl just happened to say to me and my friend. Now I don’t feel bullied personally because I mean I could take that girl in a heartbeat however to someone who wasn’t in the mindset as I am, it would be. Almost 30% of youth in the United States (over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying, or both. That’s a lot of adolescents.
My cousin is in the fourth grade and she’s beautiful. She’s smart, and she has that cute little personality about her. But not even she could escape the fear that a lot of little kids share: going to school the next day. My cousin is harassed and bullied so much at school she might have to transfer. When kids the age of ten are being thrown against lockers, threatened with weapons, I mean anyone see a problem here. I do.
Bullying has the tendency to take on different forms in boys and girls though. See males are more likely to report being hit, slapped, or pushed whereas female youth are more likely than males to report being the targets of rumors and sexual comments. "Young people who bully are more likely than those who don't bully to skip school and drop out of school. They are also more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and get into fights. As many as 160,000 students may stay home on any given day because they're afraid of being bullied. Children who bully are more likely to get into fights, vandalize property, and drop out of school. And 60% of boys who were bullies in middle school had at least one criminal conviction by the age of 24."
Bullying doesn’t just affect kids while thee in school, it leads to long term damage. A criminal conviction for example, that can mess up a lot of things down the road.
There are three types of bullying one should be aware of: Verbal, physical, and exclusion from activities. Studies have shown that every seven minutes there is an incident of bullying. Bullying is not even always face to face, its cyber too.
Anyways I just think that if more people knew than maybe the problem could be... changed. Maybe the dropout rates in high schools would decrease.
"Take a stand. Lend a hand" http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp. For more information, check out the website.
I praise you for the fact that you are trying to bring this plight to the world, but the sad truth is that there will always be people who bully other people. The only thing the victims can do is stand up for themselves and their friends and try to influence who they can.
Although I do not condone bullying or any other type of harmful behavior towards anyone, there is a problem with today's parents. I'm sorry if you are one of these parents, but they feel as if they have to step in and help out their child every time an obstacle comes out. This syndrome, known as being a helicopter mother, may help the child out of a pickle in the now, but will hurt them in the future. If a mom steps in and stops a child from being bullied, who is going to step in when they are alone in a dark alley about to get mugged? The mother is not going to be there so the child needs to use his past experiences to help him determine what to do now. Sometimes a parent needs to take a step back and let a child fight their own battles, even if it includes standing up to a bully.