The Effects Bullying Has on Students and Their Families

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The Effects Bullying Has on Students and Their Families

April Payne

COM 155

February 19, 2012

William Taylor MBA


Abstract

Bullying has become an epidemic over the last few years leaving families left in shambles after teenagers feeling as if they have no safe place turn to suicide as a way out.  The number of students that are dropping out of school each month because they are being bullied is increasing at an alarming rate.   Feeling the weight of the world upon their shoulders is often too much for them to handle, forcing them to turn to self mutilation, alcohol, drugs, or even bullying others.   By creating much needed anti bully groups within the schools we would give these students a voice, and show them that they are not alone in this journey.  


The Effects Bullying Has on Students and Their Families

As some children spend their whole summer counting down the days until they can hang out with their friends again, other children dread the first day of school.  Each day children come up with new reasons not to go to school, and most of the time parents don’t even realize the fear that lies inside their children.  The fear of someone physically, verbally, and emotionally assaulting them can keep a child trapped in this hell that most people would call school.  Often children try to bury their problems, but when they are bullied at school, it can feel as if every thing is falling down around them.  If you ever been the victim of a bully or been a bully yourself then you should know that you are not alone.  

When you hear the word bully, you may think of a girl at school who is always making fun of others.  For some, it's the biggest guy in the neighborhood who is always trying to start a fight with someone littler them.  Then again sometimes "bully" means a whole group of children that chose to pick on anyone that is different from them.   Bullying affects the victim’s mind, body, attendance, grades, and relationships with their families and friends whether they are physically attacked or bullied online.  Bullying affects nearly 30 percent of school-aged youth on a monthly basis. (Nansel, Overpeck, Pilla, Ruan, Simons-Murton, and Scheidt, 2001)  Not having a good support team to turn to at home gives the child little or no hope that situation they are in will ever change, making it even more likely for them to become victims.

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The question of why someone would need to hurt someone else in order to feel good about whom they are or get attention has been asked for ages, and although it sounds like a ridiculous question to ask, there is an excellent answer.  Children often feel the need to bully other children because they are different.  Gays, lesbians, and bisexual teens are often tormented by heterosexual teens.  Obese or overweight teens are bullied by teens of a normal weight especially girls younger than 20 years (Dracic, 2009).  Some bullies they bully for the simple reason that when you make someone ...

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