It is shocking to say the least that so many school shootings have happened since the beginning of 2018 but who is to blame for all of this what happened or changed. Most of the blame is evenly spread across many things and people but most of it falls on parents
187,000 kids have directly experienced the terror of gun violence and most of that is blamed on bullies or stressors in the school environment (cox). It really easy to see that to, because about ⅓ of school students say they have been bullied and 30% of young adults in schools admit to bullying their peers (facts about bullying). To get away from those who may bully some kids will intentionally skip school in fact 15% of all school absences are because of bullying. “Only 7% of U.S. …show more content…
But many of those say they are bullied but it is misdiagnosed so maybe it's not the students or at least the majority but the environment around it. theatlantic.com states that the competitive environment in schools generates a lot of stress which can lead to things like anxiety. The Secret Service and Department of Educations says that 78% of school shooters have had suicidal attempts or suicidal thoughts. While most students have ways of dealing with stress like music meditation and physical activities lower income students can't get access to these things or don't know about them this could lead them to unhealthy ways of dealing …show more content…
“Sixty-three percent of parents nationwide said that was very or somewhat likely, while 36 percent said it was somewhat or very unlikely(Elder).” .Many parents have trouble helping their child once they have noticed the bullying if the students are confronted they bully the child more and doing nothing doesn’t help anyone (Sarah). "Mental illness cannot be fixed by parents or caretakers alone either because they are often not financially equipped to do so nor trained to deal with it, said Susanne Babbel, PhD, a trauma therapist”. According to www.theatlantic.com many times student stress is blamed on parents and while some of it is because of them they are not the root cause but there are things they can do to help their child. Parents can help their child by making bullies empathise with the child via a parent child conference (Rivera). Before confronting a bully be prepared and to make sure it does not happen again many parents don't making it easy for the bully to just do it again
187,000 kids have directly experienced the terror of gun violence and most of that is blamed on bullies or stressors in the school environment (cox). It really easy to see that to, because about ⅓ of school students say they have been bullied and 30% of young adults in schools admit to bullying their peers (facts about bullying). To get away from those who may bully some kids will intentionally skip school in fact 15% of all school absences are because of bullying. “Only 7% of U.S. …show more content…
But many of those say they are bullied but it is misdiagnosed so maybe it's not the students or at least the majority but the environment around it. theatlantic.com states that the competitive environment in schools generates a lot of stress which can lead to things like anxiety. The Secret Service and Department of Educations says that 78% of school shooters have had suicidal attempts or suicidal thoughts. While most students have ways of dealing with stress like music meditation and physical activities lower income students can't get access to these things or don't know about them this could lead them to unhealthy ways of dealing …show more content…
“Sixty-three percent of parents nationwide said that was very or somewhat likely, while 36 percent said it was somewhat or very unlikely(Elder).” .Many parents have trouble helping their child once they have noticed the bullying if the students are confronted they bully the child more and doing nothing doesn’t help anyone (Sarah). "Mental illness cannot be fixed by parents or caretakers alone either because they are often not financially equipped to do so nor trained to deal with it, said Susanne Babbel, PhD, a trauma therapist”. According to www.theatlantic.com many times student stress is blamed on parents and while some of it is because of them they are not the root cause but there are things they can do to help their child. Parents can help their child by making bullies empathise with the child via a parent child conference (Rivera). Before confronting a bully be prepared and to make sure it does not happen again many parents don't making it easy for the bully to just do it again