why are some kids bullied and some are not?

Answer 1

Bullies usually bully everyone around them, even their friends. They tend to cling and bully the kids more that aren't surrounded with a lot of friends. They want to isolate their victim because bullies are cowards. It's much easier to pick on someone weaker and smaller with no friends to help defend them.
Kids (bullies) say stuff to my 10 yr old daughter but she always around friends and she just rolls her eyes and walks off so they back off because it isn't any fun.
A child with 1 or 2 friends with a more shy demeanor would probably get picked on a lot more. It would affect them more, too.

Answer 2

Todays world is SO much harsher then when we were growing up. Single parents, both parents working, parents who dont care what their kids do, family values going down the tube, violence on TV and in music/movies...all factors...kids see it everywhere- the violence and think bullying is ok too...it's not! We need to get back to core values...schools need to play a bigger role as well! We have a no bullying program here at our school. Sometimes its taken a little to serious as kids will be kids but down right being mean is not ok...for some reason kids tend to pick on the smaller, weaker kids like in nature...the weak are chosen because they can , because they get away with it so long. A good sqift kick in the rear is what they need! Never hurt me!

Answer 3

The Bully kid usually has problems at home... Maybe a big brother or father might bash him/ her all of the time..... And the kid that gets bullied most likely doesn't feel comfortable in his / her environment enough to say something.... In any event,,,, fear plays a big part in the both the bullies life and the the one being bullied...... :(

Answer 4

A bully typically is the child who has more problems then the one being picked on. The one being picked on is because of some physical attribute while the bully is being mean because he has a psychological need. Maybe he is not loved at home or someone once tore him down so he has to tear others down to feel good about himself. The bully will choose two different types of people to pick on. The first person is someone whom he is deep down very jealous of, someone who has what he lacks such as a good parents or etc. The second type of person a bully picks on is whom he deems to be the weakest of the group. He finds a small flaw within that person and over emphasizes it to make his flaw seem insignificant.

Answer 5

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Also it might simply just have to do with location, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, when someones ready to vent their frustrations, and they are just the nearest target.

It could also be something the bully is jealous of, and think they need to bring a kid down a notch - I think Dr. Phil calls that levelling.

I think it has just as much to do with the bully as the target.

Answer 6

In general because they do not act in a way that is in step with their peers. It is their need to seperate from their parents and form their own identies with their peers run amok. For example they act too feminine if they are a boy, too easily upset or easy to cry or just more gentle than the other boys. Or there is something else different about them that other kids like to pick on. Clothes are out of date, they are clumsy, other developmental glitches are quickly picked up and seized upon by the local bully. My daughter got a lot of taunts about her asthma inhaler at school. The school counselor helped her learn how to respond to the children taunting her and put a stop to the bullying.

This must not be tolerated whatesoever by the parents of that child being bullied. You must do whatever it takes to make it stop for your child.

Answer 7

i think that bulling in school is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig problem in usa i dont know why but i think that its because you " americans" you talk so much about feeling and how one another feel and you don't take some drastec majors you know here in morocco we dont have that at all, if some one is bieng bullied the teacher can smack and beat the bullie and he will never do it again, or the perent of the vectim or the older brothers or sisters you know, because we dont have a strekt law in school, if some one is bad to you you can make him stop presto by you or your family .also we dont have groups like you i mean the jokes and cheerleaders and geeks and losers here every body speak with every body you can even find hot girls with ugly girls friends .
i dont know i think its your way of treating the problem
if some one is bullied he should fight back or ask someone to do the dirty landry for him

Answer 8

Only the bully knows for sure.... all I can tell you is that bullies usually have one of two problems:

1) they are abused / neglected at home, so they take it out on others

2) they have parents who give in to their every desire / demand, so they believe the whole world should do the same.

Answer 9

The ones without friends are the ones who get bullied.

Answer 10

The weak ones who can't defend themselves are targets for the bullies. Bullies all have issues at home and hate their lives so they take it out on defenseless kids!