Bullying In America

Many can say that there is so much going on in the world today. One of the biggest factors that are affecting this world today is the way society treats itself and others. People such as young children and teenagers are being bullied. Very much of that has to do with society.

Introduction:

Bullying has become such an important factor in todays world because of how much its been happening. Bullying can cause so much stress and can leave anyone feeling hurt, angry, frightened, alone, and even depressed.

Imagine dropping your child off at school and he or she leaves the house in a great mood and then you get a call saying your son or daughter is being bullied. Imagine only if that was your child being picked on and wanting to go home to harm

themselves possibly even kill themselves. So many people know what that is today and so many children are causing themselves harm because of everything that they go through and have no one to speak to about what is going on in their head.
So many people that have attended public schools we know that is one of the main places children and young adults are getting picked on.

Regardless of where it is happening it should not be happening at all anywhere around the world. Studies have shown that thirteen percent of children, ages two through seventeen, experienced physical bullying and thirty-six percent experienced teasing or emotional bullying in schools over the past year (Finkelhor D).

Problem Section:

According to (stopbullying.gov) when adults do not respond to bullying behavior they send out a message that it is okay for them to bully other kids and continue to do so. Bullying happens to people for numerous amount of reasons. Parents and teachers need to pay more attention to their children and send out that message that it is not okay for children to bully each other.

It is a proven fact that according to (childtrends) on October 3, 2013 an average almost 160,000 children stay home and miss school because of being scared of repeatedly getting bullied. Not only is that the problem but from missing school so much children lose concentration and fall so far behind in their school work. Even though children are bullied every day some of them go to school in the morning fearing that they will run into the bully picking on them. That is no way to receive a great

education.
Society itself has a lot to do with children and people being bullied. Children feel that they have to be accepted by others. They dress and act a certain way just so they feel accepted by society. Just like in the stories that where read in class “Salvation by Hughes” the story explains the point when the young boy discovers a significance about faith and religion. In the story his aunt is very religious. She takes him to a church get together to bring the young boy to believe in a certain god that is out there. In the other story “The Lottery” by Jacksons, it is about a small town that no more then three hundred people live in. They all play a game that is called the lottery even though it is not really the lottery.
Towards the end of the story whoever wins gets stoned to death.

The whole village ended up throwing rocks and stones at a whole family who were stoned to death. Now you have the whole village who claimed to be friends with these people. Young people and older people throwing rocks and stones at people that where part of their community people that they where friends with. Throwing things at people in general in part of bullying and parent are allowing their kids to think that it is okay to do what they are doing. According to (Eisenberg, Gower, McMorris , & Bucchianeri ,2015) young people who engage in bullying behaviors tend to have a higher levels of overall conduct

problems.

Solution Section:
Somehow we as society should intend to fix this big problem. Why not correct children when they are wrong why not send them that message that they are doing what is not right. Believe it or not, the way a child is raised has a lot to do with what their behavior looks like in society. Some believe that if a child does not get enough of attention at home he will most likely become a bully. Your child needs to know it is not okay to do what they are doing. Call your child out on it, make sure to tell him what he did is not good. Make sure to prove the point of what they did is wrong and it is not okay to do it again. Do not tell your child it is okay and then laugh about it with him when your done scolding them. Because you should always remember that the child can one day be your child getting picked on.
This often leads other children that are being bullied to self harm themselves. Some go into deep depressions causing them to get into drugs and other kinds of pills and strange stuff. According to (Bullying and suicide) Studies have showed that suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people in result of nearly 4,400 deaths per year. Over fourteen percent of high school students have considered suicide and almost seven percent have attempted it. I believe that a high school should have a group counselor to speak to teens that are being bullied to keep these numbers down.
Children that are often bullied by other classmates often show signs of weakness when they are around teachers. Teachers also know when a child is being bullied or not it is part of their job description to tell a child what they should or should not do. Teachers believe that it is not part of their job to baby sit children in school.
In the long run most of the time a child is being bullied it is in front of a teacher or an adult. If teachers could take some time to actually think that it is there job to protect our children when he or she is being bullied and speak up to the child telling them that what they are doing is not right. It is their job to teach children what is right from wrong is. A solution to bullying in school and even out of school. Parents and teachers should be stricter with their children. Teach them right from wrong and that it is not okay to continue doing what they are doing.
Conclusion:
In conclusion to my writings, society impacts a lot on how children feel about themselves. Children should never fear going to school they should be excited about going to hang out with their friends and learn new thing. Parents should always teach their children right from wrong if one feels that they have to discipline their child for bullying so be it. As for teachers keeping an eye on there children in the class room and making sure they are not being picked on can really keep down suicide attempts and thoughts.