School bullying has become a common problem for children in elementary schools in the United States. There are many types of bullying that can include physical, verbal, cyber bully and relationship bullying. Physical bullying can include any action like pushing, hitting and even kicking someone without a reasonable cause. Some even take it as far as stealing and ruining other students stuff. Verbal bullying is any type of insult, teasing and name-calling. Cyber bullying can occur by text messaging, email and by phone and includes constant annoyance and harassment of the victim. Relationship bullying is presented when a student refuses to talk to another student and exclude them from activities. Bullying is more common at schools and it is
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There are many reasons why children begin to bully other students. Some children are greatly affected by their home environment and learn these abusive behaviors from their parents and even siblings. Some children can bully others because they lack self-esteem and feel powerful when making others feel bad. Bullies also lack the devotion from parents, relatives and educators and in response look for any type of attention even if it is bad. Having a structured family is very important to preventing your child in becoming a bully. Children learn from what they see and when they are young they look up to their parents and sibling to learn from good and bad. Children need positive influences in their lives to become good citizens, if a child is raised in an abusive home they will eventually believe it is normal to be …show more content…
They can also suffer from emotional consequences because of the constant mistreatment of their aggressor. They will also have trouble trusting their classmates because of the fear of being hurt or yelled at. They will have trouble building social and emotional trust among others, some students may develop health complications as a result of bullying (Fekkes, Pijpers, Fredriks, Vogels, & Verloove-Vanhorick, 2006).There has even been cases of suicide in children who are bullied because they develop emotional pain and the only way out of it is by taking their own lives. Children who are bullied at a young age can have trouble managing personal relationships as adults. Many victims will eventually engage in aggressive relationships if they don’t get help at a young age to overcome their bullying
There are many reasons why children begin to bully other students. Some children are greatly affected by their home environment and learn these abusive behaviors from their parents and even siblings. Some children can bully others because they lack self-esteem and feel powerful when making others feel bad. Bullies also lack the devotion from parents, relatives and educators and in response look for any type of attention even if it is bad. Having a structured family is very important to preventing your child in becoming a bully. Children learn from what they see and when they are young they look up to their parents and sibling to learn from good and bad. Children need positive influences in their lives to become good citizens, if a child is raised in an abusive home they will eventually believe it is normal to be …show more content…
They can also suffer from emotional consequences because of the constant mistreatment of their aggressor. They will also have trouble trusting their classmates because of the fear of being hurt or yelled at. They will have trouble building social and emotional trust among others, some students may develop health complications as a result of bullying (Fekkes, Pijpers, Fredriks, Vogels, & Verloove-Vanhorick, 2006).There has even been cases of suicide in children who are bullied because they develop emotional pain and the only way out of it is by taking their own lives. Children who are bullied at a young age can have trouble managing personal relationships as adults. Many victims will eventually engage in aggressive relationships if they don’t get help at a young age to overcome their bullying