PERRYSBURG IT IS TIME TO BURST THE BUBBLE....

 

It would be lovely if we lived in this wonderful serene bubble where nothing bad can make it's way in. But in this case bad has already made it's way in and as a community we have all decided to take that stand and say we are not going to tolerate this any longer.

Just how does a student become a target of the bullies?

According to  Olweus (1993) has found that most children who are harassed are what he terms "passive victims": "cautious, sensitive, quiet, withdrawn, passive, submissive and shy, ... anxious, insecure, unhappy, and distressed" (p. 57). They may also be physically weak (Perry, Hodges, and Egan. 2001) and have what Olweus (1993) calls "body anxiety"; They're clumsy, afraid of being hurt, and weak at sports and fights. They are always the last ones chosen for the team.

 Because a child who's targeted usually has poor social skills and few or no friends, the student doing the bullying knows that no one will come to her defense (Egan and Perry, 1998; Hodges, Boivin, Vitaro, and Bukowski, 1999; Perry et al., 2001). Other students join in the attack, escalating the abuse and dampening concern and sympathy for the targeted child. Indeed, her peers will probably blame her for being bullied and isolate her even further (Oliver et al., 1994). Some students are so eager to belong to a group that they'll put up with any kind of abuse (Roberts, 2006).

PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORIES.  WE ALL HAVE A STORY TO TELL RATHER IT BE FROM YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE OR SOMETHING SOMEONE HAS SHARED WITH YOU. THIS IS YOUR PLATFORM, STOP THIS FROM BEING OUR SOCIETIES DIRTY LITTLE SECRET.