...Bullying has been around for many years. Bullying affects all age groups. According To focusas.com, “ Bullying is a common experience for many children and teens. Direct bullying seems to increase through the elementary school years, peak in the middle school/junior high school years”. People bully for many different reasons, and there are multiple types of bullying. Also, according to focusas.com, “bullying is abusive behavior by one or more student against a victim or victims. It can be a direct attack, teasing, taunting, threatening, stalking, etc. Result in victims becoming socially rejected and isolated”. It occurs in a variety of places, such as school, work, or even at home. Some cases of bullying are worse than others. Severe bullying...
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...“Bullying" Did you know that 1 in every 4 teenagers are bullied somehow in public schools every day? School bullying nationwide is a growing problem. Unfortunately, it would not be likely that it could be stopped 100%, but it is possible that you can prevent others from being harmed at your school. If you do this, you can make a difference, and you can possibly save lives. There are bullies everywhere. They can be children or they can even be adults. A bully is someone who repeatedly intimidates, harasses, discourages, saddens, or harms someone. Though these people come in all shapes and sizes, they seem to be found mostly in public schools, whether it's elementary, middle, or high school. Studies show that 25-35% of teens encountered some type of bullying in their lifetime (Melton et al, 1988; Nansel et al, 2001). Most of the states of America have some type of laws on bullying, while six of them don’t. Even though there are laws, school bullying still seems to be an ongoing issue. To the bully, it may be just joking around. But to the victim, and in fact, it's NOT just joking around. A frequently asked question by many is why do teenagers bully? Well, in a lot of cases, teens who bully can be in bad home environments. They can be verbally or physically abused at home, and anger and sadness gradually builds inside of them. They find away to take it out on people, and they usually take it out on people who they know won't stand up to them. That’s why you see a lot of bullies...
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...is traditional bullying from cyberbullying? Studies are beginning to show that the way youth bully online is a lot different from traditional schoolyard bullying. Teens may think what they are posting or texting is just a joke, but if you're on the receiving end it may not be all that funny. In fact, if the "joking" is repetitive, it could cross the line into bullying, more specifically cyberbullying. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics cyberbullying is the "most common online risk for all teens and is a peer to peer risk." In traditional bullying you're usually working with a bully, victim or bystander but that's not the case in cyberbullying. In fact, it's not uncommon to play multiple roles such as cyberbully, target and witness. Previous research indicates that cyberbullying is rarely pre-meditated like traditional bullying, where the bully plans his or her line of attack. In many cases cyberbullying is done impulsively and not planned out like in traditional bullying where the bully pre-meditates the next attack. Also, traditional bullying has the following characteristics that may not be present in cyberbullying cases: •a need for power and control •proactively targeting the victim •aggression...
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...uniforms should not be mandatory for young children. Kids in schools should have the freedom to choose their outfits. Permission from adults on what to wear. Having the freedom to choose will take a lot of pressure off the adults. Even though having school uniforms lives would be easier. Everyone would feel equal, and there would be less stress. School uniforms should not be allowed. School uniforms are not going to stop bullying, school uniforms are not going to stop judging, and school uniforms are going to be costly. Today, bullying is a main cause around schools. Bullying occurs everywhere. It does not matter what an individual is wearing, or who they are, bullying still occurs. “The judgment of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” (Lincoln 280). If the...
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...Cyber Bullying StopCyberbullying.org, an expert group on internet safety defines cyber bullying as: "a situation when a child, tween or teen is repeatedly 'tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted' by another child or teenager using text messaging, email, instant messaging or any other type of digital technology.” It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been initiated by a child against another child. Once adults become involved, it is cyber harassment or cyber stalking. Adult cyber harassment or cyber stalking is never called cyber bullying. The way a child does this bullying is only limited by their imagination and their access to technology, and the cyber bully one moment could become the victim the next. It has been suggested by the BBC that cyber-bullying may be influenced by videos that are uploaded to video sharing websites online, which contain offensive content or examples of acts of bullying. Websites that currently do not filter such videos, such as YouTube, have been asked to take legal action against videos of people being attacked, harassed or ridiculed, in order to reduce cyber bullying as a result. The kids often change roles, going from victim to bully and back again. Cyber bullying is usually not a one-time thing, unless it includes a death threat or a threat that would do serious bodily harm. Children have even killed each other and committed suicide after being involved in a cyber bullying incident...
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...“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species”(Andrew Vachss). Bullying is defined as a repeated aggression in which one or more persons aim to harm or hurt another person physically, verbally or mentally. Bullying behavior can happen for many reasons, kids under bad influence. Students often start bullying because they want to manipulate those who are fragile than they are to feeling powerful. Bullying can affect the daily lives of students in negative ways. Bullying can lead to low self esteem, struggle academically, and can lead to suicide. Bullying can affect individual self-esteem by making them have loss of confidence, self-criticism, and isolation. According to “Effects of Bullying on...
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...Annotated Bibliography for School Bullies Tiffany Fuller DeVry University Annotated Bibliography for School Bullies Bullying is in various forms and is an emerging problem that many children and teenagers have to face daily at school, away from their parents view and protection. Children attend school to learn valuable skills and lessons. School is suppose to be beneficial and a positive experience for a child, but there are experiences, like bullying that may have a negative impact on the child and stay with that child for the rest of their life. This has become an increasing problem for parents, school administrators and teachers, and it affects our society. Bullying is physically and psychologically harmful to the bully and the victim and should be removed from the schools by increasing supervision and raising awareness. Bindley, K. (20012, August 08). Bullying and Suicide. The dangerous mistake we make. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/bullying-suicide-teens-depression_n_1247875.html In this newspaper article Bindley used two stories, one was a on a college student, Tyler Clementi, who killed himself because his roommate filmed him kissing another male student. The other story was a female high school student, Phoebe Prince, who committed suicide after being bullied by classmates. Bullying comes in different forms; Bindley says not all are as straight forward as others. The roommate recording him and maybe threatening...
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...Bullying has been a topic of conversation throughout schools for years. It’s not necessarily a new topic, but with the addition of social media, it has become something much more. Instead of the typical bully stealing a kid’s lunch money, the abuse can now be everywhere, all the time with the help of the internet. The pandemic of the cyber bullying has become such a huge issue, that it is commonly seen in our media today. Typically, the main site for this type of abuse is seen throughout Facebook. Now with the popularity of social media, it is almost impossible not to encounter this form of bullying. One specific case of cyber bullying which was heavily covered in the media was the death of Amanda Todd. Her struggle began when she decided flash a stranger on video chat website, but the main problems occurred a year later on Facebook. A profile was created to blackmail her with the topless photos. This led to a chain of negative events and even a physical attack that would cause Amanda to attempt suicide. The suicide attempt would just be the beginning for her tormentors. Once word spread all over Facebook, she began to get harassed and received numerous hate messages for her attempt. With the efficiency of Facebook, the video from her chat was sent to parents, teacher and students. This would lead Amanda in a deep depression and ultimately place her in the hospital. This added fuel to the fire and now was being called “psycho” and “crazy” among all the other names...
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...on the internet and for us as parents to also recognize what is harmful and to attempt to protect our children. The dangers they face are often cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, and a “no privacy” zone. Being able to recognize these things and teach our children how to handle them will make for a much safer social media experience and an all-around more fun one. A threat to children that can lead to many harmful outcomes is cyber-stalking. This also includes harassment over the internet. Many times cyber-stalking is performed by a jealous ex-boyfriend/girlfriend who becomes obsessive and unable to move on from the relationship. Sometimes this can be an adult posing as a child in an attempt to lure them to their home. This is a particularly dangerous form of cyber-stalking that has very potentially dangers outcomes. Many times these people go years without being caught because they cause the victim to be in fear of telling what happened and they often times return to the abuse. Another form of cyber-stalking is where someone “for fun” repeatedly sends malicious content to the victim attempting to scare them or hurt them. These different types of cyber-stalking are important for a parent to attempt to recognize because they can cause the victim to become scared to use their social media accounts. Cyber-bullying is another danger that lurks around social media sites that our children often become a victim of or even take part in. This has seen many growing...
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...becoming obese adults (American Heart Association, 2011). Many people confuse the terms overweight and obese so let me clear the air. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC (2012), overweight is defined as having excessive body weight, while obesity is defined as having a superfluous amount of body fat. Child obesity has not been a prevalent issue until recent years. The fact that it has increased so dramatically within 30 years has made it more rampant. Since 1980, child obesity has increased eleven percent (CDC, 2012)! So, what are these kids eating? Their parents are in control of that, which is why child neglect has been correlated with the issue. Because parents are responsible for their children’s welfare, child obesity should be a form of child neglect. Why is this a Problem? Health is the first and foremost reason why child obesity should be “illegal” in a sense. Major health issues come along with being obese. Children who are obese are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol (CDC, 2012). Heart disease is the leading cause of death for the United States. This means that those one in six children have a 70 percent chance of dying at a young age, due to their health. Diabetes is another disease that can result from being obese. In particular, type 2 diabetes develops because of high levels of glucose in the blood, and according to the A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia (2011), people who are obese...
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...Bullying Jennifer Weyhenmeyer University of Phoenix What are the three components of Bullying? The first question we should ask is what the exact definition of bullying is. Bullying can be defined as aggressive, unwanted behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. This imbalance most often occurs in school aged children. Bullying is not a onetime incident, it tends to be a repetitive barrage of abuse. There are three major types of bullying they are verbal, physical and cyber bullying. Verbal bullying involves saying or writing things that are mean to include teasing, name-calling, inappropriate sexual comments, taunting and threatening to cause another harm. Verbal bullying is the most common form of bullying. It is in my opinion also the hardest to catch. This is because the verbal abuse may initially be seen as harmless play or banter between two students. However, it can and often does turn quickly, so if you hear this or see a note being passed about a student should be addressed immediately. Physical bullying involves hurting someone physically or hurting their belongings. This includes hitting/kicking/pinching, spitting, tripping/pushing, taking or breaking someone’s stuff, making offensive hand gestures. Physical bullying tends to be a bit easier to spot in the classroom and in the hallways. Most of us would put a stop to students fighting or physically taunting another student. What we may not consider as physically bullying would...
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...Cyber-bullying among juveniles is a growing and severely dangerous problem that most are unaware of. Many educators and legislators are afraid to cross the line of right and wrong and will not punish these children as they should be. Unsurprisingly these juveniles are doing this when the parents are not present. Surprisingly though most of these children are in elementary school and are not even old enough to have a Facebook or other social network sites. “The incidence of cyber-bullying increases during elementary school, peaks in middle school and decreases in high school.”(Snakenborg, Van Acker, Gable page 90). This goes to show that parents need to be more aware and more controlling over what their children are doing and who they are hanging out with. Cyber-bullying also has a different outcome when looking at the aspects of males and females. During face to face bullying, “males are the primary instigators and victims.” (Snakenborg, Van Acker and Gable. Page 90.) When cyber-bullying females are “25% more likely victims.”(Snakenborg, Van Aker and Gable. Page 90). This increases the one that is bullying’s control over the situation because they believe that they are reaming anonymous. Having a sense of control can heighten a juvenile’s belief that they fit in and can be with friends with a certain crowd of people. A juvenile’s behavior is a major factor into why they would bully another peer on through electronic devices. This depends on the motivation which varies from...
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...Article 1 Divorce rates in Dubai plummet to 24pc in the space of just two years The divorce rate in Dubai has become the lowest not only in the UAE but the whole of the Arab world, thanks to a new counselling service offered by the emirate's court service. Divorce rates have plummeted from 35 per cent to 24 per cent in the space of just two years. It has been attributed to the success of the Reformation and Family Direction Section created by Dubai Courts in 2000 to tackle marital problems. Wodad Lootah, a social worker at the section said Dubai Courts had set up the section following an increase in divorce rates during the 1990s. She said the main aim was to allow couples to settle disputes amicably without resorting to court action at an early stage. Since the Reformation and Family Direction Section was established, it has received 1,496 couples who claimed they wanted to divorce. Of these, 471 couples changed their minds and did not divorce - nearly one third. "The main causes of divorce are lack of understanding between the husband and wife because neither know how to communicate effectively with each other, as well as how to solve their problems in the right way," she said. Wodad added that the section has taken many steps to reduce divorce. It has distributed about 1,200 social packages to newly married couples at the court which has helped in dropping divorce rates by six per cent in the year 2002 alone. However, it's not all...
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...My social issue: Cyber bullying The social issue in Brevard that I am going to be talking about is cyberbulling. Cyberbullying is when a person, typically children 8-18, are harassed, threatened, humiliated, or targeted over the internet. This has become relatively common with the advances of technology. Cyberbullying probably commenced in the mid 90's when internet use became typical. Cyberbullying and face to face bullying are very contrastive. For instance when a cyberbully releases something slanderous into the world wide web, they have an audience possibly the whole world. In addition it is very difficult, if not impossible, to delete and completely remove anything from the internet. Another difference between a cyberbully and a face...
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...Bullying Training Wendy Hensel BSHS/325 September 28, 2015 Jenny Coon Bullying Training According to Jacobsen and Bauman (2007) “School bullying was once considered a childhood ritual or rite of passage and therefore, often overlooked or ignored by many adults and school officials.” For a behavior to be considered bullying, it must contain three elements. It must be intended to harm, it must be repetitive, and there must be a difference of power-physical, social or other and must exist between the bully and the victim. Jacobsen and Bauman (2007) Bullying doesn’t discriminate. Bully’s like to abuse their power and pick on those who appear weak. They like to take control and make the victim feel like they have no identity. They like to make their victim feel small. There are three different types of bullying; verbal, physical and relational. Physical and verbal fall into direct bullying. This means it is directly at the victim. Verbal bullying happens quite a bit. It is often delivered in the form of name-calling, teasing, and other various verbal threats. Physical bullying is most often pushing, hitting and kicking the victim. This kind of bullying can be very dangerous. Indirect bullying involves relational bullying. Relational bullying is one of the worst forms of bullying. This type of bullying is through gossiping, rumors and making up stories about the victim. You can't tell if the bully is being serious or not. Usually, the victim tries to gain acceptance...
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