Is sad to say this but according to research and other information,school students have reported an increase in bullying with severe consequences to themselves and their schools.
Bullying can be physical, emotional or social.
A recent study showed that 23% of all school students reported being the victims of a bully. Is bullying a big problem?. Yes it is. It make kids feel hurt, scared, sick, lonely, embarrassed,sad, powerless, and unable to protect themselves. According to bullying research the victims of bullying can loose interest in school because it becomes an unpleasant place to be and at least 12 children commit suicide each year because they are being bullied at school. Is bullying an uncontrollable situation?. No. Bullying is a behavior and behavior can be controlled, change or managed. There are training available for teachers and school administrators dealing with bullying and developing affective policies on bullying. These training helps schools assess and create a positive school climate.
Do you know why a child becomes a bully?. Well, there are many reasons. When a child feels unloved, alone, isolated and suffer relationship problems because friendship building skills on empathy have never been learned. This child needs attention, so decided to bullying, hoping to get the attention.
Now that you know about bullying, what you would do if your child is being bullied?. First, need to advice your child to ignore the bully, or to look for help,with a teacher, administrator or any adult near him/her.
Bullying is a big problem as you said, we see it everyday at school, is like the bully feels proud of what he is doing, it makes them feel good. Teachers and other professionals are trained in the field, but sometimes they don't want to go to the trouble of doing the paper work and the follow up. It is realy sad that our kids have to go to school in fear of what can happen to them. I believe a bully would grow up to be a criminal, and that the reason why we can't keep it to outself and do something about it, the bully needs help himself.
ReplyDeleteUGHH thats awful! I don't know if you got to see a PBS video presented by Dr. Daniels. A child was secretly being bullied on the internet and committed suicide! It is extremely terrible that these kids are bullying others and getting awaty with it! I wonder what thier parents say, or do to prevent this?
ReplyDeleteFor these children school should be a fun learning experience to interact, not a horror home for them.