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Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying into to sociology feburary 13, 2016 |
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Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying into to sociology

First I would like to start off by saying that I truly enjoyed that video and definitely had to let my daughter watch it so she can see the causes and effects of bullying from another stand point.
However doing this assignment hit home for me. I have witness so much bullying its crazy which is why I chose to pick collect and analyze data as an important step to analyze bullying. Bullying goes unreported all over the world. My focus is to discuss the effects of bullying with kids and their schools. If time was taken out at schools to analyze and collect data from different kids being bullied then it will a more hands on approach on day to day treatment a kid may be enduring during school hours. However, ever that’s if you can get them to address the situation. Often kids who are bullied are afraid to speak up. They fear that it would only make the situation worse than what it is. School bullying in my opinion is the worst kind of bullying. Kids have a way of being so cruel and mean to each other. They drag others into the drama by using social apps or just spreading rumors amongst others at the school. If there are adults who can barely handle bullying I can only imagine what kids may feel or what they go through mentally now a days.
I remember when I started high school there was a group of girls who tried to bully me. It was all because of ongoing drama from middle school that carried on to high school. I recall my mom asking the girls why they insisted on messing with me, and one of the girls replied because we don’t like her. For the longest I tried to wrap my brain around the fact that I was being bullied because they simply didn’t like me. They I started asking myself what am I doing so bad that they didn’t like me? The answer was I was being myself. I didn’t need a group to be who I wanted to be or to make me be poplar nor did I need a group to determine who I could be friends with or not. Everyone who had a problem with me was a follower. I was a very wise kid so I wasn’t people bullying me. I stood up for myself each and every time they attacked me until they realized there was no fear in my heart. I look back at things kid then and it’s nowhere near compared to now. We only had word of mouth and notes being passed around the school about you. Now there is technology and kids are now able to spread things all over the world about you. Causing more kids to harm themselves as a result to bullying.
I have a 12 year old daughter and we talk all the tie about bullying. We have been discussing the importance of bullying since she was in the 2nd when she first encountered kids bullying her and racial profiling. They had an assignment at school to dress up like their favorite book character. She wanted to be Junie B Jones so bad. We looked through all her clothes until she found the perfect outfit. They day before she had to dress up she came home and she no longer wanted to dress like Junie B anymore. My instant reaction was why not? I knew she was too excited to suddenly change her mind something had to happen. She explained to me that a group of girls told her should couldn’t be Junie B because she was white and my daughter is black. One of the girls even drew a picture of two little girls and colored the figures two different colors and said see the difference. They picked on her and bothered her the whole day about the situation. I for one was livid. I explained to her that the kids were bullying her and that she could dress like whoever she wanted and I guaranteed her she would have nothing to worry about. Of course she was hesitant but she agreed. I later emailed her teacher about the incident and asked to have a meeting with their parents as soon as possible. I felt that those kids were taught those negative things and were too young to speak so mean to someone of another race. It was situation I felt needed to be addressed sooner than later before things got worst.
I have noticed a lot of times parents tend to overlook their kids telling them their having problems at school with other kids. Some parents encourage their kids to just fight back, but often times that doesn’t resolve the situation especially when it’s a group. Your child can’t go around beating everyone. We as parents have to listen and try to help our kids in any way we can. Not after your child has committed suicide or harmed other kids should you take notice in their lives. It should be addressed as soon as it is mention to you or when you notice a difference in your child’s social life. We have to ask what’s wrong even if they try to shut you out keep asking until they open up.