I can do everything through him who gives me strength [Philippians 4:13]. Jesus gives his children everything they need to survive this Earthly world, however, some children fall short of the grace of God. Since children are the inheritance of this land it is parent duty to prepare them for what is to come. Once vital lesson that all must learn is the ability to co-exist with one another harmoniously. School bullying has no place of acceptance in creating Christianly brotherhood among others. Current studies show that bullying has grown exponentially worldwide and will only abate once proper prevention and zero-tolerance policy are in place to correct this socially maladaptive behavior. This paper will identify some common characteristics of
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According to multiple empirical sources, bullying is any behavior that physically or verbal cause intentional harm to another individual to achieve a domineering power over the victim (all sources). Bullying is an imbalance of power among the bullied and bully (all sources). Even within modern times, a new technology that allows users to post information on widely used social medias; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, has created the new form of bullying- cyberbullying (all sources (wilson, Patterns). Cyberbullying exempts no gender, age or sexual preference person. Apart from visual, verbal or physical bullying; cyberbullying is becoming one of the deadliest type of harassment among adolescents …show more content…
Peer support, parental involvement, and school administrative staff have a duty to counteract bullying before or after it has occurred. No child or parent should have to go through this maladaptive social behavior. Prevention measures must be used at all cost to alleviate this anti-social response. Once the maladaptive behavior is seen by an adult or peer then the next step to get the bullied and victim to a school counselor. Using “role-playing, peer mediation, modeling, group discussions and classroom meeting” have been listed as helpful tools for counseling bullying (Bauman, p. 848). All parties must be vigilant and doing their part to stop bullying before it picks up steam and causes an otherwise preventive
According to multiple empirical sources, bullying is any behavior that physically or verbal cause intentional harm to another individual to achieve a domineering power over the victim (all sources). Bullying is an imbalance of power among the bullied and bully (all sources). Even within modern times, a new technology that allows users to post information on widely used social medias; Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, has created the new form of bullying- cyberbullying (all sources (wilson, Patterns). Cyberbullying exempts no gender, age or sexual preference person. Apart from visual, verbal or physical bullying; cyberbullying is becoming one of the deadliest type of harassment among adolescents …show more content…
Peer support, parental involvement, and school administrative staff have a duty to counteract bullying before or after it has occurred. No child or parent should have to go through this maladaptive social behavior. Prevention measures must be used at all cost to alleviate this anti-social response. Once the maladaptive behavior is seen by an adult or peer then the next step to get the bullied and victim to a school counselor. Using “role-playing, peer mediation, modeling, group discussions and classroom meeting” have been listed as helpful tools for counseling bullying (Bauman, p. 848). All parties must be vigilant and doing their part to stop bullying before it picks up steam and causes an otherwise preventive