Do you think the schools and parents should be held accountable for not intervening?

Question

enough when the bullying gets out of controll? I think people don't take school bullying serious enough. The emotional sometimes combined with the physical abuse, and the threats can affect the child as a whole, and not to metional the academic decline. Yes, we need to continue taking child abuse from all angles very seriously but I think a lot of people forget that school bullying is not an abuse b/c the abuse is being inflicted from a child to a child.
Do you think the schools are not vigilant enough? What about the parents, do you think the parents of the bully are not open minded and have too much of that "oh my child would never do that complex?

I ment " school bullying is an abuse"

Answer 1

Parents should be held accountable but there are problems with that. The parents do say 'not my child' or the parents dont care, or they are bullies themselves. I think that the school has the right to intervene if its happening at school, I dont know that they can be accountable. If its a dormitory school, then school should be accountable. But if a kid see's that someone cares, even if its from school, it could make a difference in that child's life forever.

Answer 2

Yes I do believe that the Schools and the parents (both the bulliers parents and the parents of the child being bullied) need to be more responsible and accountable. And I also believe that the police, and the Distirct Attorneys and judges should be held accountable also.

Bullying a child should be a crime. Plain and simple. A bully takes a childs emotional well being, physical well being, and sense of self worth away from them. A bully creates a child that is withdrawn, stressed, physically ill, mentally ill and depressed.

I think that we should take a closer look at bullies. Most bullies bully because they can. They are usually bigger than their victim, their parents coddle them ( think that little Johnny does nothing wrong) they have not been taught responsibilty for their actions by their parents, they have not been taught compassion by their parents. and they have not been getting the attention that they need from their parents. I think if parents taught these things and participated in their childrens lives more we would have less of this problem. Bullies bully to get attention. It doesn't matter to them if the attention they get is good or bad. It is attention. The bigger the audience the worse the bullying becomes.

When schools say its just kids being kids or parents say boys will be boys or my daughter would never do something like that. They are not only reinforcing the belief in the bully that it is okay to do this they are also further victimizing the child that is being bullied.

As for the parents of the child that is a victim. Again participate in your childs life. You know how your child is and only you can tell if there has been a change. Talk to your kids about bullies. Most of all protect your child. Call the police, file reports, sue the parents of the bullies, call the media. whatever it takes to protect your child do it.

What kids can do for eachother. If you see someone being bullied speak up. Tell and adult or simply go to the child that is being bullied and take their arm and remove them from the situation. Once they have been removed from the immediate bullying report it to a teacher or principal. The kid that is being bullied most likely will not. Because they feel ashamed or they worry that it will only get worse.

Answer 3

You're right on all counts. Bullying can effect anyone for the rest of there lives. How could anyone being bullied/abused possibly keep there head on straight in class. All they're thinking about is the next bullying session.

Have said this before, but will say again .... we all read the papers, listen to the news on TV when something really bad happens, like when a kid goes to school and shoots off about 200 rounds and kills anyone in sight. When all is said and done, what's the last thing you hear about the shooter? He was a loner, he was being bullied. It's called reaching the breaking point. Did anyone care, for sure not the bullies.

Same kids get bullied through grade school, high school and in some cases through college, because the same kids go to the same schools and college. No it doesn't end for the person who is being bullied until he/she is found hanging from the light fixture in there bedroom.

It's a sad, sad situation when kids think it's fun to bully someone just because they have nothing better to do.

I went up against a teacher for just this. What response did I get from the teacher .... "oh no, I never noticed that going on in my class and I even have another teacher in the class." I even met the bus, got on the bus and told these "same kid"
bullies that I didn't want to hear another word about there lousy behavior or there parents would here about it.

Even the bus driver gave me a "good job" look while I was getting off the bus. He never said a word, but he knew ..... he's the bus drive and knows what's going on.

The schools preach, no bullying will be going on in this school.
Words are cheap. If you don't do anything about it then why bother saying anything at all.

Also talked to one of the parents .... well you know where that went.

Yes, I experianced bullies first hand. There are some and I mean some (bullies) sad, sad kids out there. Hope no one votes them in for out future president.

Good question. Glad someone else notices what's going on in our schools.

Answer 4

This is one area where I think the parents should be held accountable. The school should press charges on the parents and the state should step in and place these kids in juvenille detention. I think the school should start expelling these kids for their bullying as well, and also have them arrested, or do community service for their actions. The parents of these kids I believe aren't parenting at all. I don't think it's the "oh not my child"... I think they just don't care or worse think that it's okay and or funny.Bullies become parents of bullies if you ask me. The kids learn that type of behavior from their parents or someone else close to them and when they are not corrected early on or worse get a good laugh for their behavior...thats what they end up being Bullies.

Answer 5

It is the school's responsibility to have the kids in a safe environment. I feel that it is the school's responsbility for not intervening. This has happened to me personally. If someone sees someone getting bullied, shouldn't they do something? Nowadays, I feel the the victim is singled out and that the school is on the side of the bully. Bullying, I believe is a form of harassment. I think serious legal action could take place if the schools continue to do nothing. I think parents are naive. They do not know what really goes on in their child's life. I think they need to be informed to know that their child is wreaking havoc on someone else's life.

Answer 6

School board is afraid of getting sued out the $%)* so they ignore stuff as long as they can or attribute it to part of growing up. No longer can you 'punch the bully in the nose' and the bully will back down because the kid that punches will be made an example out of. Schools are not vigilant enough because they are scared or stupid or both.

I dont think enough parents as a whole are involved until something goes wrong but as long as things are right(they hear of nothing going wrong) life is good and tomorrow is another day.

Answer 7

I agree that schools often don't see or want to see the problem with bullying. My son was bullied in school and I fought a battle with the schools for years before I finally decided to pull him out in junior high. Then, all of a sudden, they decided to do something about the problem they said didn't exist. I don't believe in the "kids will be kids" OR "boys will be boys" philosophy. (Not that I'm saying girls aren't bullies too -- they can be worse emotionally than boys, but I've heard both of those excuses from school officials) I think schools are finally starting to wake up to the problem, but they're playing catch-up with it and losing, it seems to me. Then again, I've never been fond of the public school system.

Answer 8

too many parents now a days are naive. i think they should allow teachers to physically discipline the kids again (within reason of course) and curb the problem when it happens. the kid is probably a bully because his parents are losers anyway, so if they won't fix it, let the school start kicken ***

Answer 9

i think of it rather relies upon, like at my young ones college, if somebody shoves somebody or if a pair youngsters are messing around and positively one of them supplies the different slightly swat in the arm or kick on the leg, the academics will merely tell them to knock it off and dont do it lower back, and Im pleased with that, youngsters are youngsters, in specific cases they get slightly overexcited and overlook they're in school and that form of element isnt ideal and it often ends with that warning, I wouldnt call it violence or bullying, merely youngsters going a step too a ways and desiring slightly reminder. it extremely is very actual if the youngster is in a youthful grade, like kindergarden, and their nevertheless discovering approximately hitting and whats ok in school so which you cant merely droop them ideal there instantaneous for slightly push or hit. If it keeps, then the student would get in difficulty and would probable would desire to flow to detention for a on an analogous time as and get a powerful speaking too. merely tell your newborn that if somebody touches him in a fashion he doesnt like, to ask them to provide up, and in the event that they dont, merely walk faraway from them.