What Effect Does Bullying Have On Children And Their Self-Esteem

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INTRODUTION
“What effect does bullying have on children and their self-esteem?”

WHY I CHOSE THIS TOPIC
I chose to do research on this topic as, I feel strongly about how bullying is affecting children and how children end up committing suicide as the bullying gets too much for them. I chose this topic as I want to find out how many children are being bullied in school and are they doing anything to stop the bullying.

MY AIM BEHIND THE RESEARCH
My aim behind the research is to find out if there are people or any organizations out there that are trying to put a stop to bullying at schools and online. I also aim to find out how children feel about bullying and how it affects them. The aim of my research is also find out how …show more content…

2) Violence: Any form of physical violence such as hitting, boxing, or kicking a person and physically hurting them.
3) Sexual Harassment: Sexually abusing someone and forcing them to keep quiet about it.
4) Homophobia: Bullying people because they are Gay, Bi-sexual or Lesbian
5) Racial Discrimination: Bullying people because of their race
6) Cyber Bullying: Bullying someone on a social network site such as Facebook or Twitter.

SOURCE B:
Tim Woda: The Educational Impact of Bullying and Cyber bullying
This article, written by Tim Woda, covers how bullying affects children’s education and sometimes even causes them to stop going to school and how it affects them emotionally. This article says that children are being bullied at school and at home due to technology increasing. Children are now bullied in their own homes as, bullies can now taunt them over the phone and on social media sites such as Facebook. Bullying has increased teenage suicides around the world as, children feel desperate to get away from the bullying. A survey was conducted by The Center for Disease Control (CDC) in 2011, which shows …show more content…

No affect on grades, only on how they behave and act.

3.DOES BULLYING HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT IN HOW THEY SOCIALISE AT SCHOOL?
Definitely, it has a major negative effect on how they socialize at school.

4.DO STUDENTS EVER NOT COME TO SCHOOL, AS THEY ARE AFRAID OF BEING BULLIED?
No, they come to school. They know they will be helped and listened to.

5.DO THEY EVER TALK ABOUT WANTING TO COMMIT SUICIDE?
No, no cases , people left their old school because they wanted to commit suicide.

6.DO THEY EVER TALK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL THAT THEY DON’T BELONG AT SCHOOL DUE TO BULLYING?
No, but from their previous schools they did not feel that they belong.

7.WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS A PRINCIPAL TO TRY AND STOP BULLYING FROM OCCURING AT YOUR SCHOOL?
Teach the kids not to bully, show them what it’s like. They set an example(teachers) they deal with it immediately. Teachers show respect to students to show them how to properly treat fellow students.

8.HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CASES WHERE A CHILD HAS TRIED OR HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE DUE TO BULLYING AT YOUR SCHOOL?
Not here. No student at St Marks Community School has ever tried to commit

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