People and Bullying
By Brooke McAllister
Bullying
Bullying is an appalling thing and hurts multiple people. Bullying hurts kids and adults alike throughout the country.
What is Bullying?
Bullying is unwanted cruel behavior, usually aimed at school-aged children. This behavior is often repeated. Kids who bully and/or are bullied may have serious or lasting problems. Bullying includes making threats, gossiping, attacking someone physically or verbally, and not including the person in there group on purpose.
What are the Types of Bullying?
There are four types of bullying. Verbal, social, cyber, and physical. Verbal bullying when the bully teases, name-calls, inappropriate comments, taunts, and threatens to cause harm. Social bullying occurs when you leave someone out on purpose, tell others not to be friends with someone, spread rumors, and embarrass someone in public. Cyber bullying occurs when you tease, name-call, etc. someone on the internet. Physical bullying occurs when you hurt someone physically. This includes hitting, kicking, punching, spitting, breaking someone's things, and making rude, mean hand gestures.
Why Do People Bully?
In some cases it's just because the way our culture is. Our world today is often fascinated with winning, power, and violence. For example, some researchers say that WWF is encouraging kids to be violent in order to get what they want. Another reason people bully is because the place they may work at, go to school, or live may not have high standards on how people act around each other. Some more reasons are social issues, family issues, and a desire for power.
The Effects of the Bullying, the Bullied, and the Bystanders
When kids get bullied, they can sometimes experience mental illnesses, school problems, etc. They can get depressed and feel more anxious, have more increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, have changes in sleep and eating patterns, and will even lose interest in activities they used to enjoy. Sometimes these problems will continue in adulthood. Kids will also complain about their health more and may skip and drop out of school. A very small percentage of bullied kids may even become shooters. When kids bully they are more likely to take drugs, get into fights, drop out of school, have a criminal record as an adult, and be abusive towards partners, spouses, or children as adults. The bystanders are more likely to use drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, have increased mental illnesses, and miss or skip school.
Bullying and Suicide
Most people assume that bullying is the main cause for suicide, but that is not the case. Suicide happens when kids get depressed, problems at home, and have trauma history. Bullying on worsens the kid's thought for suicide, but does not completely cause it.
The Conclusion
As you can see, bullying is a terrible thing. We must stand up to bullies and help support kids through these tough times. Bullying may not be the complete reason for teenage suicide, but stopping bullying may help prevent teenage suicides. Thank you for reading and have a nice day!
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