Bullying: The Causes, Consequences, and Prevention
Kids see bullying everyday. They want to help but they do not know how to avoid thinking they might suffer from repercussions. Today, kids need to be taught to be more than a bystander. Bullying is defined as an unwanted aggressive behavior among school aged children that involve a real or perceived power imbalance. Bullying is a repeated behavior over time, that leads both the kids who bully others and are the victims of bullying to have serious lasting psychological problems. Numerous organizations and schools have made multiple prevention plans to stop bullying. Kids learn there are consequences for their actions. There is an analogy involving a jig-saw puzzle describing the “whole picture” …show more content…
“By the preschool years, at least three types of relationships can be discerned in the peer context: friendships, peer group relations, and aggressor-victim relations,” (Ladd, 2012). These relationships all form either a positive or negative bond between participants. Starting off very young in preschool, the child can already be involved in bullying. “In Australia, it has been estimated that one child in four is bullied in some way every several weeks,” (Rigby, 2012). These different groups can soon later be classified as the victim, bystander, and the oppressor. A common reason why a kid becomes a bully is because he/she might lack attention from a parent at home and wants to lash out for others attention. The everyday home life matters to the human and psychological development of the child. Most bullies do not understand how wrong their behavior may be and how it makes others feel, however children need to learn from example; that bullying is not a good thing to do. In early child development, Ken Rigby …show more content…
The bond the parent has with their child is essential to how to child is going to grow up psychologically. If the caregiver is attuned and consistent with the child, named securely attached, the child will feel secure and have a healthy relationship with its caregiver. On the other side, if the caregiver is insensitive and inconsistent and does not put the needs of the child first, the child will suffer and fight the caregiver away restraining attachment. The psychological needs of attachment relate to bullying because the foundation of human development pertaining to the child effects the child for their entire life. If children bully to make themselves popular and have power, then they do not understand that positive characteristics and friendships are essential to “being
Kids see bullying everyday. They want to help but they do not know how to avoid thinking they might suffer from repercussions. Today, kids need to be taught to be more than a bystander. Bullying is defined as an unwanted aggressive behavior among school aged children that involve a real or perceived power imbalance. Bullying is a repeated behavior over time, that leads both the kids who bully others and are the victims of bullying to have serious lasting psychological problems. Numerous organizations and schools have made multiple prevention plans to stop bullying. Kids learn there are consequences for their actions. There is an analogy involving a jig-saw puzzle describing the “whole picture” …show more content…
“By the preschool years, at least three types of relationships can be discerned in the peer context: friendships, peer group relations, and aggressor-victim relations,” (Ladd, 2012). These relationships all form either a positive or negative bond between participants. Starting off very young in preschool, the child can already be involved in bullying. “In Australia, it has been estimated that one child in four is bullied in some way every several weeks,” (Rigby, 2012). These different groups can soon later be classified as the victim, bystander, and the oppressor. A common reason why a kid becomes a bully is because he/she might lack attention from a parent at home and wants to lash out for others attention. The everyday home life matters to the human and psychological development of the child. Most bullies do not understand how wrong their behavior may be and how it makes others feel, however children need to learn from example; that bullying is not a good thing to do. In early child development, Ken Rigby …show more content…
The bond the parent has with their child is essential to how to child is going to grow up psychologically. If the caregiver is attuned and consistent with the child, named securely attached, the child will feel secure and have a healthy relationship with its caregiver. On the other side, if the caregiver is insensitive and inconsistent and does not put the needs of the child first, the child will suffer and fight the caregiver away restraining attachment. The psychological needs of attachment relate to bullying because the foundation of human development pertaining to the child effects the child for their entire life. If children bully to make themselves popular and have power, then they do not understand that positive characteristics and friendships are essential to “being