Controversial Children

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In a typical classroom of elementary school aged children, popularity can be placed into five categories. There are of course the average children, these children may be liked or disliked with little intensity by their classmates. Controversial children are both highly liked and highly disliked by their classmates. Controversial children may be disruptive in class or among peers; they may continuously talk and act out, making peers have a strong dislike towards them. On the other hand, they can be extremely helpful and cooperative in class (about parenting), making teachers’ think very highly of them. With neglected children, the other children neither like nor dislike them, these children appear to be unseen by their peers (about parenting). …show more content…

Popular children are well liked by many students, and the popular category can be subdivided into two groups. Most of the children in the first group tend to be skilled both academically and socially, and they have better communication skills; they appear to just fit-in with others. The second, smaller group of popular children contains children that enjoy manipulating social relationships, also known as bullies. The males in this sub group tend to be aggressive physically and the females are relationally aggressive meaning they enjoy causing harm to other another person’s relationships and social status. Rejected children are the opposite of popular children; many classmates dislike them. Many of the rejected children tend to be aggressive, hyperactive, socially unskilled, and unable to regulate their emotion (Kail and Cavanaugh, 2013). While the smaller group of popular children is aggressive, the rejected children tend to be more hostile in their aggressiveness. Peers dislike these rejected children because their hostility appears to be done for the fun of it. They get a rise out of being cruel to others. The other rejected children that are not aggressive may tend to be shy, withdrawn, timid, and lonely (Kail and Cavanaugh, 2013). There are long-term consequences to peer related rejection, some of the children may feel so out of place that they may drop out of school and begin committing

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