“Bullying can start with one incident, and if you nip it right in the bud straight away, it will not grow into a problem.” -Liz Carney, director of charity bullying, UK. Bullying is a bold and broad subject. 42% of kids have been bullied, but sometimes people fail to tell the difference between a normal fall-out between two people and something that is truly bullying. As a result most children get in trouble for a little word they said.
Bullying is when a person has an external conflict with another person.Types of bullying include; cyber bullying, one on one bullying, and at times there could be many people against one person. Bullying is not when someone says something petty, little. There is no point in getting worked up for something so small and simple. It’s alright if you get called a serious name and you want to tell the teacher, but if it’s something small, fall back and let them get themselves in trouble.
Some children and parents need to learn how to not worry about something so small. Bullying causes parents to worry unnecessarily about their children. Parents are supposed to worry, but not about little words said to their child. Teens and found children must learn to cope with teasing and name calling. To some extent the name calling is overplayed and exaggerated. People let it affect them, but it really isn’t something to get worked up over.
If you know that those words people are saying aren’t true, then why believe them? Students have to have enough confidence to brush it off and walk away. If you get A’s and B’s and someone calls you “stupid”; why bring that into your head? Kids, due to their lack of developed world view, say mean or hurtful things all the time. Why not walk away? If you say you’ve never said anything hurtful you would be lying, everyone has those thoughts. Students have to have self-control not to believe what everyone says about them.
This isn’t to say that bullying doesn’t exist and isn’t a problem. It is saying that more people exaggerate what bullying really is. It’s understandable that words hurt, but why waste your time on negativity? Why let it bother you? Bullying can be stopped by not passing on a rumor and brushing something little off your shoulder. If you feel it’s that bad of a situation then tell your teacher, parent, any adult you trust. She/he will help you get through it.
Sometimes people blow bullying out of proportion. Children aren’t always nice to each other, but people aren’t always nice in general. Bullying isn’t a problem, letting it affect you is. At the end of the day, you make yourself happy, you can’t let one word break you down.