Why Children/people Bully?

Introduction to English – Writing Workshop

Bullying

Rough Draft #1

Marshall M. Crumpton

2-4-2019

Why Children/People Bully?

In the contemporary social age, there exist a wide range of social issues. All these protracted issues have been desecrating the social fabric of society. One of the most common among them is the menace of bullying. Its poison has been circling around our society and today in the world of globalization; it has become the most debatable social topic.

Listening about bullying has become casual nowadays. Taking care of a child that has been bullied should be first priority but it needs to be focused as well that who and what is responsible for children that bully other children? Should the parents be responsible for their children bullying other children, sibling, or teachers? I personally feel that it is the parents’ responsibility to take it in their notice why their child has been bullying others. Moreover, they need to take care of how their child behaves in social circles. There are great chances that those who bully others may have suffered a lot in their rough childhood. The issue starts from their home and the way they are brought up ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"ZJRHMM5z","properties":{"formattedCitation":"{\\rtf ({\\i{}StopBullying.Gov})}","plainCitation":"(StopBullying.Gov)"},"citationItems":[{"id":1331,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ccgWoSRn/items/N4F4AUFI"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ccgWoSRn/items/N4F4AUFI"],"itemData":{"id":1331,"type":"webpage","title":"StopBullying.gov","URL":"https://www.stopbullying.gov/","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",2,9]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (StopBullying.Gov). It has been observed that whenever a bully is asked and counseled, most of them justify their actions by opening up about their rough past, it is almost like if I don’t win then I am going to hurt some else. They need to acknowledge that they didn’t win because of their mistakes; there is no need to hurt or take down someone else to take revenge. Moreover they need to stop blaming others for their personal issues.

As a parent, one should talk to children about why they make fun of other children and how it can affect the mental health of other children. If more than that is done in the household children will be more careful about what they are saying and doing to other children. The other issue is cyberbullying, which is utterly wrong and the parents should be held responsible for it as well ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"2najPNDw","properties":{"formattedCitation":"{\\rtf ({\\i{}Bullying Facts - National Bullying Prevention Center})}","plainCitation":"(Bullying Facts - National Bullying Prevention Center)"},"citationItems":[{"id":1333,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ccgWoSRn/items/4AXPRMJQ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ccgWoSRn/items/4AXPRMJQ"],"itemData":{"id":1333,"type":"webpage","title":"Bullying Facts - National Bullying Prevention Center","URL":"https://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/facts.asp","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",2,9]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Bullying Facts - National Bullying Prevention Center). It is parents' responsibility to keep a check on what is going on in the life of their child and they need to monitor the computer of the child all the time. They need to monitor what their child is saying to other children in chats and conversations, by reading in and outgoing emails and limiting who they communicate with. Positive parents and children relationship can eliminate much of this bullying that is done on children today. As a parent positive reinforcement and bonding with open communication helps a lot and tell them that using prohibiting behaviors with other children will be punished by the parent and the parent should tell them that the law enforcers would step in as well. We must have the understanding to know what is bullying. Harmful words or actions break the confidence of a person in society. Learning what bullying means comes with some severe consequences to the abuser and the abused. I was told by a family member who teaches at a school that once she told a parent that their child has been bullying another child, they always denied that their child is not doing such a thing and they taught them not to do such things. Later, she told me that she learned through the child that he was being bullied by their brothers or sisters and their only reaction was to do the same to someone that was just like them, they were afraid to speak up for themselves and that they believe that no one listens to them. .

Learning some of the reason why child bully other children will be a key factor in some of our answers. I would like to explore some of the reasons I came up with such as children with low self-esteem, a child that is easily frustrated and don’t like to obey rules and laws of authority, one that lacks empathy of the others. These are some of the ways that are declared as bullying; physically touch someone to afflict pain to others, gossiping and tell lies on someone, ignoring or taking advantage of someone else’ s personal property, and putting someone down ADDIN ZOTERO_ITEM CSL_CITATION {"citationID":"vStmpXOL","properties":{"formattedCitation":"{\\rtf ({\\i{}Our Bullying Prevention Partners | American Federation of Teachers})}","plainCitation":"(Our Bullying Prevention Partners | American Federation of Teachers)"},"citationItems":[{"id":1335,"uris":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ccgWoSRn/items/7QD25GUQ"],"uri":["http://zotero.org/users/local/ccgWoSRn/items/7QD25GUQ"],"itemData":{"id":1335,"type":"webpage","title":"Our Bullying Prevention Partners | American Federation of Teachers","URL":"https://www.aft.org/our-bullying-prevention-partners","accessed":{"date-parts":[["2019",2,9]]}}}],"schema":"https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json"} (Our Bullying Prevention Partners | American Federation of Teachers). Those are some of the types of bullying.

My conclusion is to learn the key signs that a child is bullying someone or is being bullied by someone else; these are the essential focuses to stop children of today’s world and the reasons of severe disorders of mental illness in them. Take some time and talk with your child and see what is making them and angry and assist them with an action plan to control their behavior. Explain to them that being disobedient and defying law authority is not acceptable in today’s society. Check their grades in school and get help if their grades reflect poor results, so that they won’t take their behavior out on someone else. Make sure that they are not hanging around the wrong crowd or doing some illegal drugs which can be a cause of their bad behavior and they become a bully. Consider professional counseling for the child to see what is really going on with that child that is making that child believe that bullying is what they need to do with others. Don’t stop trying to come up with a situation that can help your child. Do whatever it is possible to help your child if he/she has this kind of behavior.

Work cited

ADDIN ZOTERO_BIBL {"custom":[]} CSL_BIBLIOGRAPHY Bullying Facts - National Bullying Prevention Center. https://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/facts.asp. Accessed 9 Feb. 2019.

Our Bullying Prevention Partners | American Federation of Teachers. https://www.aft.org/our-bullying-prevention-partners. Accessed 9 Feb. 2019.

StopBullying.Gov. https://www.stopbullying.gov/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2019.