well i dont know what lady gaga says and i am oh so sure shes qualified....ummm?
i think you said it already...the parents, teachers and adults are not taking care of the problem. i blame it on the phenomena of the adults in this world wanting to be friends with the kids. what needs to happen is those bullies need to be taken in hand, preferably by their fathers, and told sternly (and by this i mean put the fear of god into them) to cut this shit out. and then punished severely. at least thats how it will go down if my kid is ever a bully.
I agree! Parents need to take responsibility for their kids actions. I think adults are so afraid of being turned in to the authorities for spanking or punishing their children. They need to stop worrying about that and punish these kids. It's ok for them to be friends with their kids but they also need to be an adult and teach them that friends are better then enemies. Our ancestors weren't afraid to lay down the law if their kids acted up and they turned out just fine so why are we not learning from them, a proven system that works! These kids need to be punished severely for their actions and know it will only get worse if they continue to act that way.
If I ever have kids and they act this way I won't hesitate to give them capital punishment.
The decisions we make dictate the life we have.
Follow your dreams, for those that do not will only try to discourage others.
You wanna stop bullying? Get all those pantywaists and poindexters to learn how to throw a punch and follow through with a few kicks and some spit to the face. Those bullies look for easy targets. Targets that will not fight back and not tell adults. Show your kid to fight back, harshly. Or maybe just teach them how to tell adults around him/her about the bullying situation. That works too. Then the bullying would most likely stop.
You'll find that bullying often crops up in the school environment... and by that I mean: school almost provokes it. In the home educated world it's a fair bit different, less competition, less boredom, parents have more time to spend educating their kid (in behaviour, not just subjects!) AAAAAND....most importantly: there isn't 30 kids per 1 adult. There's no ROOM for them to get away with murder (so to speak) as there are enough, caring, adults to keep an eye on everyone.
However, most parents don't have the luxury of being able to home educate their kids even if they wanted to so no point dwelling too much on that.
Magical_felix is correct, although I don't necessarily agree with his comment, the point is that people who are bullied are presenting themselves as targets. They lack the confidence and self esteem needed in this world to get by. I mean, as a kid I had a fair few people give it a try on me where I moved around schools a bit (the typical quiet, new girl scenario) but I managed to scare them all off without any violence. To be honest, apart from the full on hardcore thugs most of them can be scared off by a quick witted, smart assed comment.
Though, as in any situation in life, violence should be used in self defence if need be.
How to stop bullying? Those kids need some self esteem and confidence installed in them, sure, more teachers/general supervision towards these kids would help... but that person will not stop being bullied in their life until they develop enough self esteem to walk around NOT looking like a target.
Bullies seem to be lacking many things.
But the single most important thing would be respect.
As parents our goal should be to teach our children well, and always show them respect.
There is only one way in the world to teach respect.
That is to show your children respect when they need it most.
That goes for teachers, police, doctors. Anyone who deals with young, or old.
If a person hands out respect, it will come back to them.
