Every couple of months we read a news story about a teenage girl (usually a girl) committing suicide due to “school bullying.”
So my question is, “Why all of a sudden?” Why all of a sudden are we experiencing so many teenage suicides due to bullying? Were these stories not published as often in the past or are these parents finding the "easy"explanation for their childs death?
A 10 year old girl who doesn’t know what the word slut means yet she had enough knowledge to kill herself? I really don’t think bullying is the real issue here.
What is going on these children’s minds that because they get called a “fat ugly cow” they’re ready to kill themselves?
Where is the self-confidence that all the Cosmopolitan’s and Seventeen magazine are promoting?
“She was called a slut in school and she came home and told me she didn’t even know what that word meant,” said Stacy Conner. “I didn’t tell her what that word meant. She’s too young to know what that word means.”
The issue is bullying Gaia. I am not sure if things were underreported before, but bullying is definitely not just the getting stuffed into a locker in school anymore. These kids do not just get bullied at school. When they come home they continue to receive texts from these bullies and when they go online they are bullied on social netowrking sites. Therefore, they are pretty much bullied 24/7. What your peers think about you is everything when you are a kid. So if you are constantly being called a slut, a whore, a fag by other kids everyday, it would definitely feel like the end of the world.
Like Passionate said, technology has made bullying easier. The harrassment is not just confined to the school...it'll take place on FB, etc.
The root of bullying, many times, (for the bully and the victim) tends to be low self-esteem. That needs to be developed in the home along with demonstrating how to respect others. Of course schools have their responsibility as well, but parents are not always aware of the messages they send out to their kids through their comments and actions.
The issue is bullying Gaia. I am not sure if things were underreported before, but bullying is definitely not just the getting stuffed into a locker in school anymore. These kids do not just get bullied at school. When they come home they continue to receive texts from these bullies and when they go online they are bullied on social netowrking sites. Therefore, they are pretty much bullied 24/7. What your peers think about you is everything when you are a kid. So if you are constantly being called a slut, a whore, a fag by other kids everyday, it would definitely feel like the end of the world.
Yes, the cyber bullying probably has a lot to do with it. It’s also the media. I read an article about how young girls end up trying to emulate “celebrities” like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian. It really warps a child’s perception of what should be considered normal.
Sad like how? That the bully got what he deserved?
No, the fact that he was being bullied in the first place. And the fact that he was probably picked on so many times before. And the fact that he will most likely continue to be picked on.
No idea how the video got out. But it was pretty big in the news a while ago.
Regardless of who posted it, it just goes to show that the humiliation for these kids doesn't end at school. If someone makes a video, the humiliation lives on forever. And even if this video has a "happy" ending, the title of it still calls him fat, which is what he gets bullied about the most anyway.
No, the fact that he was being bullied in the first place. And the fact that he was probably picked on so many times before. And the fact that he will most likely continue to be picked on.
I don't think he is being picked on now, not after that video went viral.
The bully is probably the fault of his parents because he was "taught" to be tough and probably kicked and punched his younger siblings while the parents looked the other way.
On the other hand, parents also need to teach their kids some self defense techniques and how not to turn the other cheek when they are attacked and bullied. They push you, you push back. You hit them exactly where they hit you. There is not "this should not be happening" because it HAPPENS and it will continue to happen.