BULLYS AT SCHOOL

[kenifermarie]

WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP OUR KIDS FROM GETTING PICKED ON AT SCHOOL?

[mc1962]

it has been going on for years and years, i think it is something that just has to work itself out.

[corytuck1]

yes

[rcbrad]

Schools and parents have to get involved.  Clearly in many cases these people are looking the other way or are inattentive to their students/kids.  There was the extreme case of the bulling in Mass, that lead to a suicide.  It may sound harsh, but perhaps the clueless parents and the administrators should be in jail with the animals that were doing the bullying.   The victim even asked for help.

I am surprised that people think that these things can be worked out by kids themselves or that nothing could/should be done.  That clearly is not always the case.  Kids minds are not fully cooked yet.  Adults need to be responsible for the health and safety of kids.  Hello parents/school administrators.

[brendy1990]

my son was being picked on by one boy at school and he started spreading rumors abuot him and then started telling lies about him and pretty soon this boy had half the school calling him names and shoving him in the hall ways.. and we had went to the school a few times and nothing was getting done about it,, then my son goes to a football game with a friend of his and a group of 12 or so boys got after him, wanting to start a fight ,, well that next monday my husband was mad he went right into the school and yelled at the priciple and told him if it dosent stop and are son gets hurt we will sue them.... and then he went to where the boys mom worked and he went in and told her the same thing,, he was yelling,, well the kid stopped picking on him and all the rumors stoped,, because the boy was so worried that him mom and dad waould get sued..

[jordandog]

I have to say that a lot of it is the result of how broken down family life is in general today. Many kids have no security at home as far as parental support, rules, love, etc. and it translates very easily into the 'pack' mentality. There aren't too many times I have heard of a bully on his own. They usually have to have an entire group backing them up to make them feel superior, stronger, and meaner. I believe many of them also figure that nothing 'really bad' will come as a result of their actions because of how our court system is set up in this country. It's become NO big deal to be a juvenile offender in any situation, or so they think. I have actually heard teens say "I'm not 18, so nothing will happen to me."

[Storm61115]

i have no idea. i was one of those kids who was beat up and bullied in school. i would get it all the time. i hated it and no one did nething about it. my dad said i had to write down everything that happened and everything that was said and when i showed it to him, he didnt do ne thing about it. i even got beat up by a boy. i had many friends and they helped me forgot about the bullies coz i would be playing with my friends and my mom was one of the lunch aid's and would watch everything that would happen at recess. she went to the principle and he tried doing something about the bulling but there wasnt much he could really do without getting violent with the kids.