Erick Pertell
Unit 2 Research Paper 1: Experiment
Problem Solving Theory

My SOLUTIONS to STOP and PREVENT bullying
1.) STOP bullying...
Parents should change the way they parent their children at home
If you see someone that is being bullied, tell an authority figure
Be confident
Ignore the bully and walk away
Do not engage in fights
When in an uncomfortable situation, have friends to back you up. Your strength is in numbers.
Find friends that share your interests or have also been bullied. A great way to make new friends is by sharing something in common with others. You can make new friends by getting involved in school and extracurricular activities.
2.)To PREVENT bullying from starting...
Start a friendship club
Compliment Week (Make people feel good about themselves)
Have a "Sit with Someone you Don't Know Day" and meet new people and make new friends
Take pledge to stop bullying
Hold school assemblies informing students of what bullying is
Counselors (Talk to counselors about what can be done to prevent people from bullying)
Donate to Anti-Bullying Organizations

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3. What Schools Can Do To Stop Bullying:
Hold assemblies showing students how to deal with bullying. Also show the consequences.
Hire professional therapists to help students cope with bullying.
Have a "bully hotline" where students can share their problems with school councilors/therapists anonymously via their phone.
Always have a friendly/mature faculty that can resolve the issues regarding bullying within the school.
Teach children from their first days in school that bullying is NEVER the answer.
Be open to having confrontational meetings between bullies and their victims under the supervision of a school councilor/therapist.
Encourage students to form clubs and organizations on campus that will raise awareness of bullying.
Encourage students to share problems if they have any.
Do not be too stringent on students when it comes to bullying, but put enough priority on the subject in order to prevent it.
In case of a suicide or homicide resulting from bullying, the school should calm students down and use the dreadful incident as a reminder to students of the consequences of bullying.
4. What Parents Can Do To Stop Bullying:
Children are usually reluctant to speak with parents about bullying at school. That is why parents should start teaching children from an earlier age that actually sharing feelings with your parents helps a lot.
Parents should be loving when their children seem to have been or have been bullied.
Start a tradition at the dinner table by having everyone share information about their day.
If a parent finds out that their child has been bullied at school, the best thing to do is to teach the child how to cope with the problem by confronting or even ignoring the bully.
If coping with the bullying does not work for the child, it is maybe time for the parent to contact the school for more assistance with the consent of the child at first.
If the child still experiences problems and does not want the school to get involved, it is time to contact the school without the child's consent.
ONLY if things become tragic and escalate out of control, shall the parents transfer the child to another school.
5. What Kids Can Do To Stop Bullying:
Children should try to express themselves through speech and not violence with the help and guidance of adults.
If faced with bullying, the BEST thing one can do is "kill them with kindness".
Ignoring bullies also works sometimes.
Getting involved in school and extracurricular activities to make new friends who share your same interests. The more friends you have and the more often you spend time with them, the less often you will be bullied.
Becoming friends with someone who has been bullied by the same person.
Trying to be confident and standing for oneself at first is a great solution to the problem.
If the confidence is not helping, please seek help from an adult at school or at home.
Start a club or organization at school to raise awareness for bullying.