School-Age Bullying
Newspaper article:
Below is a newspaper link that focuses on school-age bullying. The article discusses the increase of bullying amongst school-age children and briefly discusses the children that tend to be victims of bullying and the reasons that bullies bully.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/fashion/10Cultural.html?pagewanted=1
Photograph illustrating the theme of school-age bullying that is discussed in chapter 7:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/fashion/10Cultural.html?pagewanted=1
In regards to school-age bullying I found this photo to be quite fitting. The photo depicts the bullying that is now plaguing elementary schools. Bullies often victimize peers who lack self-confidence and do not have the ability to relate effectively with their other classmates.
Video clip involving school-age bullying:
Below is a YouTube video of a woman whose son committed suicide after being bullied at school and now her daughter is being bullied as well. The mother still distraught over the death of her son is now dealing with her daughter being a victim. She claims that her son was bullied because of his skin color and his accent. Despite attempts to meet with the bullies parents she has yet to discuss this issue with them and get to the bottom of and reasoning behind this bullying.
Two Internet sites:
The link below is designed especially for children. It offers games and webisodes, but it also goes into further detail regarding the reasoning behind bullying, what to do if you are bullied, the effects of bullying, and even what an adult can do to help prevent bullying.
Below is another link that relates to school-age bullying. This link offers information on child bullying, adult bullying, teacher bullying, and teenage bullying. This site offers a plethora of information to include preventing bullying, dealing with bullying, and parenting a bully. A great deal of the information on this site promises to be helpful to parents of both victims and bullies.
Song lyrics:
I found the song Your Gonna Love Me sung by Tim McGraw to be quite fitting in regards to school-age bullying. The song lyrics explain many ways that bullying occurs and the effects that it has on the victims to include tears, feelings of inadequacy, and the desire to run-away from it all.
Your Gonna Love Me
Called him freckle face, red headed fool
He was different,
He wasn't cool like me.
Sticks and stones didn't break any bones
But we never left well enough alone
But one day he ran away from home you see
And I passed him as we walked away
And in his eyes I heard him say
Chorus:
One of these days your gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
'Bout the times you pushed and shoved me
And what good friends we might have been
And then your gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days your gonna love me
Patty Sue was a small town beauty
I took one look at her and had to pull her to me
Lord knows she should have seen right through me
When I promised her the world
But at 17 you only want one thing
I left her standing with my high school ring
Innocent tears in the pouring rain
As I walked away
And I still see her in my dreams
And to this day she's whispering
Chorus:
One of these days your gonna love me
You'll sit down by yourself and think
'Bout the time you turned from me
And what good friends we might have been
And then your gonna sigh a little
Maybe even cry a little but
One of these days your gonna love me
Now everybody stands up
the congregation sings
It's a song of sweet forgiveness
And As the chours rings
The wind blows clear my memory
The pages start to turn
And suddenly I'm singing
The moment that I loved
Chorus:
One of these days I'm gonna love me
And fill the joy of sweet release
One of these days I'll rise above me
And at last I'll find some peace
And then I'm gonna smile a little
and Maybe even laugh a little but
One of these days I'm gonna love me
Two paragraphs:
I chose chapter 7 from the text as I found it to be quite relevant in today's society as well as, in my personal life. I found it interesting that the way parents interact with their child may effect the way they are treated socially. For example, the mother of a young boy who has become the victim of a bully may have been extremely overprotective. In addition, the parents of a bully may favor physical discipline or are frequently hostile or rejecting.
Being the mother of two boys it is especially important for me to communicate often with my children in order to determine whether or not they are being victimized at school or bullying other children. I have found that the five-step strategy developed by Hanish and Tolan may be a useful intervention plan for professionals who are working with parents of victims or bullies.
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