Missing Voices In School Bullying

Missing Voices in School Bullying

Bullying is the action committed by an individual (Bully) or a group of people (Bullies) who make use of their superior strength or influences to intimidate someone and force them to do what the bully or bullies wants. It is a very common issue globally and mostly in the North America where such incidents have led to tragically deaths such as Amanda Todd’s who was a victim of cyber bullying, Cora Delille who killed herself because she was a victim of bullying as well. Bullying is a human-initiated problem and victimization can be controlled to save a lot of elementary and high-school children who go through the phase of confronting such challenges and I believe by simply voicing this issue more, the awareness

(2014) mentioned students who were victims bullying in schools were due or related to deprived social relationships, economic status, low quality of life and exposure to different forms of early hardship through internalizing and externalizing during childhood. The bullies had strength or power came from strength in numbers or belonged to a high class family and is from a very influential environment and start the bullying as intent of doing harm to the victim. Pepler et al. (2006) also believed to observe the attributes of the victimized students were the different races and ethnicities, such that one was bullied simply because he or she was belonged mixed culture. Victims with parents from bi-culture (different countries) would be bullied because their parent would be having different skin color thus encounter teasing and name calling. (Sawyer et al., 2011) states the different types of Bullying, for example, physical (Direct) which comprises of beating and spitting; verbal threats of dangers, teasing and insults, social gossiping so as to torment which can be indirect means, socially excluding somebody and in conclusion digital spreading (cyber-bullying) malicious messages or content about someone through means of technology without confrontation for example, social exclusions. They also mention the importance of assisting children who are victimized and in need of support and also understanding parents view about bullying and how they identify

(2014) victimization can cause oneself to have suicidal attitudes, depression and low confidence on that associates “with poor mental, physical and cognitive health outcomes at least to middle adulthood” (Takizawa et al., 2014, p.781). Since bullying is a sensitive issue forcing victims to avoid going to schools thus lowering their IQ and increasing signs of depression such as quietness and suicidal thoughts. Sawyer et al. (2011) mentions the importance of parental involvement regarding the issue. He states:

The way parents define and conceptualize bullying can influence whether and how they respond or intervene. Indeed, the victimized child’s inability to defend him or herself during bullying interaction is integral to the bullying dynamic, and thus requires adult intervention. (p.1796).

Parents need to be taught what bullying is and how to support a child who is victimized and help them move out through the troublesome phase through involving them in other extracurricular activities, sending them to self-defense lessons, changing their school. Pepler et al. (2006) states the use of aggression as a form of bullying behavior through which people who bully are likely to build power and control over the weaker ones and believes those individuals need to be identified in order to prevent any physically aggressive behaviors that could lead on to further