Cyber-bullying can be as simple as continuing to send e-mail to someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender, ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule in forums, and posting false statements as fact aimed at humiliation
“Cyberbullying is any harassment that occurs via the Internet. Vicious forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web sites, and mean or cruel email messages are all ways of cyberbullying.”
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/schoolviolence/a/cyberbullying1.htm
In the past, fighting against others at school or having problems with classmates was considered a common stage of childhood, but now it is considered a very serious issue.
According to research done in other countries at least one out of four students have suffered some type of bullying, (in USA and Europe).
Technology has provided new ways to bother classmates. Examples include social sites in the web as facebook, twitter, hi5, myspace, and metroflog. Bullies threaten to upload content that would humiliate their victims. Bullies use photos and offensive comments to belittle their victims.
“The detachment afforded by cyberspace makes bullies out of people who would never become involved in a real life incident. The Internet makes bullying more convenient and since the victim’s reaction remains unseen people who wouldn’t normally bully don’t take it as seriously.”
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/schoolviolence/a/cyberbullying1.htm
In these web sites bullied boys and girls are threatened by uploading funny pictures of them, posting offensive comments about a shameful situation. At the times photos don´t actually exist they are made up and sometimes stalkers even upload videos where all the violence they imposed is recorded.
Kids that suffer from bullying see school as the most horrible place in the world and their home would be a shelter where they are safe out of violence, but now thanks to internet, even if they are at home they can become victims of bullying.
There are several ways of cyber-bullying for example: a person may send offensive e-mails without any consequence because they can do it in an anonymous way, they may also make up a profile of the victim as if they are the victim, using victim´s identity. Some others can spread rumors about some one causing him or her lot of troubles.
“While ignoring the bully be sure to save the evidence so that school officials, Internet providers and even the police can properly deal with the bully. Cyber-bullying may give bullies anonymity but it always leaves evidence.”
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/schoolviolence/a/cyberbullying1.htm
CONCLUSION
Parents may pay attention to what their kids do on the web, so these kind of stuff do not happen any more, also, they joined by school´s teachers should be concious of what information kids may upload in their profiles and what they should not, so they can transmit that to kids.Victims should not respond to any of the abuse they receive. The abuse should be saved as evidence that can be used in the future to punish the bully.
Monday, June 14, 2010
BULLYING AT SCHOOLS LEAVES SEVERAL CONSEQUENCES ITS VICTIMS
Bullying is not something that happens today and tomorrow can easily be forgotten.
Being the victim of bullying leads to future emotional problems, regardless of the present pressures that other kids impose upon them.
Some of these problems are remarkable on their attitude of fear and anxiety. Kids that have been passing through this type of abuse think that school is an unsafe place to be and they hate it. Going to classes is a sacrifice for them and they are capable of inventing or using any excuse to justify missing school. The negative effects not only emotional but also academic these troubles that end in a lack of education for kids.
“Researchers from Finland discovered that victims are more likely than bullies to suffer from anxiety disorders, such as depression, separation anxiety, panic disorder, etc. Also, this psychological stress can cause victims' bodies to be less resistant to disease and infection, and therefore they may get sick more often.”
http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00117/bullyingconsequences.html
Most of the problematic adults suffered a kind of abuse during their childhood. Being problematic at their age is just a consequence of how they lived. Suffering the consequences is not an exclusive thing for victims; kids that bully others also tend to experience legal problems as adults.
“Some experts believe that school shootings are related to bullying. Students who committed school shootings were over two times as likely to have reported that they were victims of bullying”
http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00117/bullyingconsequences.html
Bullied kids have troubles establishing emotional and social relationships with others because they always feel bad, commonly this is caused by they low self-stem or also by the desire for revenge that they keep.
“Results from cross-sectional surveys suggest that being victimized by peers is significantly related to comparatively low levels of psychological well-being and social adjustment and to high levels of psychological distress and adverse physical health symptoms”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14631878
Conclusion
Bullying now is so common in schools, collages in any places with boys and girls. It is important to solve this problem that is affecting the children now and in a future. This bullying situation hurts people slowly but deeply. Damage from bullying makes social adjustment and good academic performance.
Being the victim of bullying leads to future emotional problems, regardless of the present pressures that other kids impose upon them.
Some of these problems are remarkable on their attitude of fear and anxiety. Kids that have been passing through this type of abuse think that school is an unsafe place to be and they hate it. Going to classes is a sacrifice for them and they are capable of inventing or using any excuse to justify missing school. The negative effects not only emotional but also academic these troubles that end in a lack of education for kids.
“Researchers from Finland discovered that victims are more likely than bullies to suffer from anxiety disorders, such as depression, separation anxiety, panic disorder, etc. Also, this psychological stress can cause victims' bodies to be less resistant to disease and infection, and therefore they may get sick more often.”
http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00117/bullyingconsequences.html
Most of the problematic adults suffered a kind of abuse during their childhood. Being problematic at their age is just a consequence of how they lived. Suffering the consequences is not an exclusive thing for victims; kids that bully others also tend to experience legal problems as adults.
“Some experts believe that school shootings are related to bullying. Students who committed school shootings were over two times as likely to have reported that they were victims of bullying”
http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/00117/bullyingconsequences.html
Bullied kids have troubles establishing emotional and social relationships with others because they always feel bad, commonly this is caused by they low self-stem or also by the desire for revenge that they keep.
“Results from cross-sectional surveys suggest that being victimized by peers is significantly related to comparatively low levels of psychological well-being and social adjustment and to high levels of psychological distress and adverse physical health symptoms”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14631878
Conclusion
Bullying now is so common in schools, collages in any places with boys and girls. It is important to solve this problem that is affecting the children now and in a future. This bullying situation hurts people slowly but deeply. Damage from bullying makes social adjustment and good academic performance.
Children reports physical and psychological bullying
BULLYING: “is an act of repeated aggressive behavior in order to intentionally hurt another person; this aggressive behavior could be physical and psychological”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying#Definition
Bullying is now most practiced thing at school by children, it´s like a new fashion, the levels of bullying have increased in the last few years.
Think we all practice bullying but at different levels For example in the classes there´s always another guy who is a little bit different or who the majority of the kids don’t get along with, so a group of people make jokes about him, bother him and hit him, etc. They do this just to let know the rest of the class that they are superior, which makes them gain power and respect. All participate in this, because we let it happens and even we celebrate the abuses that our classmates do to others.
Those are not the only the actual effects it causes on kids or adolescence; this produces consequences in the future personality of kids, because all these kinds of behavior are motivated by an emotional disorder and produce one on victims.
Homes are the places where parents most teach kids not to be rude with their peers and show them importance of respect. They are the places where kids that suffer this type of abuse could be detected.
Kids that suffer from bullying can be detected by changes in their attitude, mood, way of speak, the way they interact with others.
The worst thing is that bullying in not an exclusive activity of school; it could be practiced also at workplace and any place where there are groups of people, even at homes.
“There is a strong link between bullying and suicide. Bullying leads to several suicides every year. It is estimated that between 15 and 25 children commit suicide every year in UK alone, because they are being bullied”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying#Effects_of_bullying_on_victims
CONCLUSIONBullying is something that happens everyday at any hour in our society, stop it depends on all people, education government gives and family values, that every day increases our lack of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying#Definition
Bullying is now most practiced thing at school by children, it´s like a new fashion, the levels of bullying have increased in the last few years.
Think we all practice bullying but at different levels For example in the classes there´s always another guy who is a little bit different or who the majority of the kids don’t get along with, so a group of people make jokes about him, bother him and hit him, etc. They do this just to let know the rest of the class that they are superior, which makes them gain power and respect. All participate in this, because we let it happens and even we celebrate the abuses that our classmates do to others.
Those are not the only the actual effects it causes on kids or adolescence; this produces consequences in the future personality of kids, because all these kinds of behavior are motivated by an emotional disorder and produce one on victims.
Homes are the places where parents most teach kids not to be rude with their peers and show them importance of respect. They are the places where kids that suffer this type of abuse could be detected.
Kids that suffer from bullying can be detected by changes in their attitude, mood, way of speak, the way they interact with others.
The worst thing is that bullying in not an exclusive activity of school; it could be practiced also at workplace and any place where there are groups of people, even at homes.
“There is a strong link between bullying and suicide. Bullying leads to several suicides every year. It is estimated that between 15 and 25 children commit suicide every year in UK alone, because they are being bullied”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying#Effects_of_bullying_on_victims
CONCLUSIONBullying is something that happens everyday at any hour in our society, stop it depends on all people, education government gives and family values, that every day increases our lack of them.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Gender Violence, Sexism, Racism, Xenophobia, And Homophobia Are Contexts Involved In Bullying.
Sexist, racist, homophobic and bigoted attitudes are all manifested during childhood.
Bullying is a general phenomenon that occurs in all social strata and in all countries that have been investigated. There are common findings: most of those involved are men, the most common form is verbal bullying and the most frequent place to find bullies is the yard. “The main purpose is to reflect on ways that homophobic violence has as part of higher educational institutions in Mexico” (PDF). The assessment of sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular has not been the same throughout history and across cultures.
Homophobia is common among large social groups. It is encouraged by a series of myths and customs widely transmitted by family, and school, and largely reinforced by mass media. Homophobia is a form of discrimination. Discrimination is based on “the notion that some people, distinguished by their distinctive cultural or immutable characteristics… are inferior to other” (Kellough, cited by clerics Morales, 2007:7). Discrimination is not only against a particular person, it may affect the community to which that person belongs. From the above we can conclude that the main cause of homophobic bullying is the way society portrays heterosexuality as the only accepted form of sexuality. Briefly explained, bullying is a form of violence in a relationship where the bullies use the natural or social helplessness of the bulled. Sexual dissidence is an excellent pretext for the exercise of harassment, since the victim belongs structurally a group that is socially reprehensible, which facilitates that the act of bullying is not going to be punished.
“Homophobia and sexism are serving two-way to harass and intimidate the boys and girls most vulnerable: on the hand, they pursue all breaches of gender and sexuality to all, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender. On the other hand, it reminds the boys and girls gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals have to hide; they have to hide significant parts of their lives and if they are as they are, may be subject to rejection, isolation, ridicule and harassment.” (Platero, 2007:4)
Children need to appreciate the difference between sexual harassment and normal schoolyard taunting, teasing and flirting. The most serious cases could involve sexual touching, bumping or grabbing, as well as lewd talk and the passing of sexually explicit pictures or notes.
One possible solution to this problem would be to make people aware that sexual harassment is knocking on the doors of our houses, followed by a much larger problem which is pornography and child prostitution.
Boys and girls are entitled to enjoy a comprehensive development appropriate to the stage of growth as: childhood and learn to live a healthy world full of possibilities, allowing them to grow physically and intellectually, and not to be victims of sexual exploitation with the only cause to close their horizon and to limit victim’s future.
Bibliography.
• PDF
http://www.disisex.org/documentos-disidencia-sexual/iv-encuentro/hector-miguel-salinas.pdf
• Platero
http://www.sc.ehu.es/ptwgalam/meriales%20docentes%20curso%20verano%202008/1.%20Bullying%20aproximacion%20al%20fenomeno%20Onederra.pdf
GEORGINA ABURTO.
Bullying is a general phenomenon that occurs in all social strata and in all countries that have been investigated. There are common findings: most of those involved are men, the most common form is verbal bullying and the most frequent place to find bullies is the yard. “The main purpose is to reflect on ways that homophobic violence has as part of higher educational institutions in Mexico” (PDF). The assessment of sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular has not been the same throughout history and across cultures.
Homophobia is common among large social groups. It is encouraged by a series of myths and customs widely transmitted by family, and school, and largely reinforced by mass media. Homophobia is a form of discrimination. Discrimination is based on “the notion that some people, distinguished by their distinctive cultural or immutable characteristics… are inferior to other” (Kellough, cited by clerics Morales, 2007:7). Discrimination is not only against a particular person, it may affect the community to which that person belongs. From the above we can conclude that the main cause of homophobic bullying is the way society portrays heterosexuality as the only accepted form of sexuality. Briefly explained, bullying is a form of violence in a relationship where the bullies use the natural or social helplessness of the bulled. Sexual dissidence is an excellent pretext for the exercise of harassment, since the victim belongs structurally a group that is socially reprehensible, which facilitates that the act of bullying is not going to be punished.
“Homophobia and sexism are serving two-way to harass and intimidate the boys and girls most vulnerable: on the hand, they pursue all breaches of gender and sexuality to all, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender. On the other hand, it reminds the boys and girls gays, lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals have to hide; they have to hide significant parts of their lives and if they are as they are, may be subject to rejection, isolation, ridicule and harassment.” (Platero, 2007:4)
Children need to appreciate the difference between sexual harassment and normal schoolyard taunting, teasing and flirting. The most serious cases could involve sexual touching, bumping or grabbing, as well as lewd talk and the passing of sexually explicit pictures or notes.
One possible solution to this problem would be to make people aware that sexual harassment is knocking on the doors of our houses, followed by a much larger problem which is pornography and child prostitution.
Boys and girls are entitled to enjoy a comprehensive development appropriate to the stage of growth as: childhood and learn to live a healthy world full of possibilities, allowing them to grow physically and intellectually, and not to be victims of sexual exploitation with the only cause to close their horizon and to limit victim’s future.
Bibliography.
http://www.disisex.org/documentos-disidencia-sexual/iv-encuentro/hector-miguel-salinas.pdf
• Platero
http://www.sc.ehu.es/ptwgalam/meriales%20docentes%20curso%20verano%202008/1.%20Bullying%20aproximacion%20al%20fenomeno%20Onederra.pdf
GEORGINA ABURTO.
Mass media is a factor that affects in the phenomenon of bullying.
Mass media influences and the psychosocial conditions of the victim are social determinants of bullying. Research findings on the phenomenon of bullying confirm that attitudes toward school bullying, perceived strains at school, negative influence from mass media, and poor psychosocial conditions have a relationship.
The media divides people into groups such as nice looking and ugly looking. Television can affect the behavior of bullying and it can have on effect on a bully. Television and videogames present examples of violence and are culprits in the bad behavior of the children within the society. Electronic media can have effects on behavior because much of the content of commercial tv shows is highly violent. Commercials themselves use sophisticated techniques to manipulate viewers into bad behavior. It can result in children having a bad relationship with other children and it can cause them to feel alienated as adults.
Children need to become aware at a very young age that in a world where mass media and mass communication exponentially grow day by day, cyber bullying will only get worse if they allow it to trespass into their personal online lives.
The mass media can be used to promote social growth and thinking skills. Television and the newer electronic media have a great positive potential for learning and development. Mass media can give children strong visual and skills.
Electronic media are better than the printed word for conveying certain types of information, and it makes learning available to a group of children who do not do well in traditional school situations and even to people who cannot read.
The children need to use the mass media in a good way, adults can talk with the bully about two topics of mass media the good way and bad the way of information
Bibliography:
*http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Media-Youth/174202
*http://www.tesionline.com/intl/preview.jsp?idt=22353
*http://www.tesionline.com/intl/preview.jsp?idt=22353
SAIDA RODRIGUEZ
The media divides people into groups such as nice looking and ugly looking. Television can affect the behavior of bullying and it can have on effect on a bully. Television and videogames present examples of violence and are culprits in the bad behavior of the children within the society. Electronic media can have effects on behavior because much of the content of commercial tv shows is highly violent. Commercials themselves use sophisticated techniques to manipulate viewers into bad behavior. It can result in children having a bad relationship with other children and it can cause them to feel alienated as adults.
Children need to become aware at a very young age that in a world where mass media and mass communication exponentially grow day by day, cyber bullying will only get worse if they allow it to trespass into their personal online lives.
The mass media can be used to promote social growth and thinking skills. Television and the newer electronic media have a great positive potential for learning and development. Mass media can give children strong visual and skills.
Electronic media are better than the printed word for conveying certain types of information, and it makes learning available to a group of children who do not do well in traditional school situations and even to people who cannot read.
The children need to use the mass media in a good way, adults can talk with the bully about two topics of mass media the good way and bad the way of information
Bibliography:
*http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Media-Youth/174202
*http://www.tesionline.com/intl/preview.jsp?idt=22353
*http://www.tesionline.com/intl/preview.jsp?idt=22353
SAIDA RODRIGUEZ
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
introduction about bullying project
*INTRODUCTION*
Bullying is an international problem that is difficult to recognize
Bullying in schools is believed to be a normal part of school life, however, when people begin to have this mentality they forget that bullying is physically and psychologically harmful to both the bully and the victim. Therefore, bullying must be eradicated from schools by raising awareness and increasing supervision.
Understanding bullies is very important because bullies are the main aggressors in our society.
Victims of bullying.
The victim is often singled out because of psychological traits more than physical traits. Victims of bullying often are very sensitive children.
Being a bully may affect a child’s future
Bullies often are problematic persons. Children need to understand that being a bully is wrong and not positive at all.
Mass media is a factor that affects in the phenomenon of bullying.
Mass media influences, and psychosocial conditions of the victim are social determinants for a bullying. Electronic media can have effects on children bad behavior because much of the content of commercial TV shows is highly violent.
Parents have responsibility, they can make the difference between creating a bully or saving one.
Parents are our guide, and also they have the responsibility to take care and always help their children. For that reason they have a big responsibility for whether a kid is a bully or not.
School´s can stop bullying
School is the place in which children spend almost the half of their day, so for that reason is the place in where bullying is most common. The authorities of school need to do something to stop these phenomena.
Obesity is a factor for the bulling
Incredible but true, obesity is a factor for the kids to be bullied. This occurs because obesity is a problem and kids use it to be rude to other kids.
CHILDREN REPORT PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLYING
Bullying is a dairy offensive behavior with the intention to hurt another person, there are many types of bullying. For example the aggression may be physical or psychological, and it may be anonymous, via internet. Physical examples are obvious, but psychological bullying is often less obvious. Just making fun of someone can be very offensive act.
BULLYING AT SCHOOLS LEAVES SEVERAL CONSEQUENCES ITS VICTIMS
Repeated aggression against other always leaves consequences in the victims that suffer them, as bullying’s type consequences also could be physical and psychological, kids that suffered violence have troubles to maintain personal relationships or even interact with society in their adulthood.
BULLYING THROUGH MEDIA
Technology gives us a lot of facilities in our lives for good or bad, almost all people have access and they don´t have to meet many requirements. Cyber-bullying covers vicious forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web sites and mean or cruel emails.
Bullying is an international problem that is difficult to recognize
Bullying in schools is believed to be a normal part of school life, however, when people begin to have this mentality they forget that bullying is physically and psychologically harmful to both the bully and the victim. Therefore, bullying must be eradicated from schools by raising awareness and increasing supervision.
Understanding bullies is very important because bullies are the main aggressors in our society.
Victims of bullying.
The victim is often singled out because of psychological traits more than physical traits. Victims of bullying often are very sensitive children.
Being a bully may affect a child’s future
Bullies often are problematic persons. Children need to understand that being a bully is wrong and not positive at all.
Mass media is a factor that affects in the phenomenon of bullying.
Mass media influences, and psychosocial conditions of the victim are social determinants for a bullying. Electronic media can have effects on children bad behavior because much of the content of commercial TV shows is highly violent.
Parents have responsibility, they can make the difference between creating a bully or saving one.
Parents are our guide, and also they have the responsibility to take care and always help their children. For that reason they have a big responsibility for whether a kid is a bully or not.
School´s can stop bullying
School is the place in which children spend almost the half of their day, so for that reason is the place in where bullying is most common. The authorities of school need to do something to stop these phenomena.
Obesity is a factor for the bulling
Incredible but true, obesity is a factor for the kids to be bullied. This occurs because obesity is a problem and kids use it to be rude to other kids.
CHILDREN REPORT PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLYING
Bullying is a dairy offensive behavior with the intention to hurt another person, there are many types of bullying. For example the aggression may be physical or psychological, and it may be anonymous, via internet. Physical examples are obvious, but psychological bullying is often less obvious. Just making fun of someone can be very offensive act.
BULLYING AT SCHOOLS LEAVES SEVERAL CONSEQUENCES ITS VICTIMS
Repeated aggression against other always leaves consequences in the victims that suffer them, as bullying’s type consequences also could be physical and psychological, kids that suffered violence have troubles to maintain personal relationships or even interact with society in their adulthood.
BULLYING THROUGH MEDIA
Technology gives us a lot of facilities in our lives for good or bad, almost all people have access and they don´t have to meet many requirements. Cyber-bullying covers vicious forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web sites and mean or cruel emails.
3rd POST
Obesity is a factor in bulling that makes obese kids feel afraid and for being more bullied than other kids.
Obesity is a big problem that is now involved with another problem: bullying.
The kids that are bullies use a lot of factors to bully other kids. The factor that is most commonly used is obesity. So for that reason the weight is a factor that increases the bulling.
The Bulling
Bullying always will be a problem if it is not stopped. In school all authorities need to pay attention in order to stop it. Parents need to pay attention to detect changes in their kids.
“Bullying is when a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing.”
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
Reasons for bullying
There are a lot of things that the bullies use for bulling others, such as appearance, and social status. They bully the ones they think are different.
Children with obesity are bullied more than other kids
Obese kids are bullied more than other kids because they have the obesity as a problem, and the others kid use that factor to be rude with those kids.
Obese kids miss classes more than other kids. They tend to be more depressed because of the obesity. Obese kids tend to have lower grades because they often suffer from poor nutrition. Nutrition has an effect on learning potential.
“If you were obese, you were more likely to be bullied, no matter what. A study included 821 boys and girls from a nationally representative sample of children selected from 10 sites around the United States. Bullying behaviors were assessed in third, fifth and sixth grades. The principal reason of bullying on those grades was bullying even that most of the students were had an overweight.” http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
“Obese children were almost twice as likely to be bullied as normal-weight children, regardless of other demographic, social, and academic factors, a multicenter study found.”
“But children may be bullied for many reasons, and whether obese children are targeted because of their weight or because of other confounding factors had not previously been determined.”
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/Obesity/19852
Being Bullied According to Various Risk Factors
The table shows that the obese kids are more bullied than other kids.
(a survey out of 10 students of Mexico and 10 of U.S.A that were asked the major reasons of bullying)
Type of bullying
Mexico
U.S.A.
Overweight
5
6
Religion
1
1
Economic status
2
2
Others
2
1
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/721233
This means that half of the students asked in Mexico know that obesity is the principal reason of bullying in schools because Mexico has a problem with nutrition and programs at schools.
Obesity is not only a problem in Mexico; it is a problem that affects the entire world. Obesity always will be used by kids for bullying.
Obesity is predictive of bullying involvement for both boys and girls. Preadolescent obese boys and girls are more likely to be victims of bullying because they are different in appearance.
Obesity is a big problem that is now involved with another problem: bullying.
The kids that are bullies use a lot of factors to bully other kids. The factor that is most commonly used is obesity. So for that reason the weight is a factor that increases the bulling.
The Bulling
Bullying always will be a problem if it is not stopped. In school all authorities need to pay attention in order to stop it. Parents need to pay attention to detect changes in their kids.
“Bullying is when a person is picked on over and over again by an individual or group with more power, either in terms of physical strength or social standing.”
http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
Reasons for bullying
There are a lot of things that the bullies use for bulling others, such as appearance, and social status. They bully the ones they think are different.
Children with obesity are bullied more than other kids
Obese kids are bullied more than other kids because they have the obesity as a problem, and the others kid use that factor to be rude with those kids.
Obese kids miss classes more than other kids. They tend to be more depressed because of the obesity. Obese kids tend to have lower grades because they often suffer from poor nutrition. Nutrition has an effect on learning potential.
“If you were obese, you were more likely to be bullied, no matter what. A study included 821 boys and girls from a nationally representative sample of children selected from 10 sites around the United States. Bullying behaviors were assessed in third, fifth and sixth grades. The principal reason of bullying on those grades was bullying even that most of the students were had an overweight.” http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/bullies.html
“Obese children were almost twice as likely to be bullied as normal-weight children, regardless of other demographic, social, and academic factors, a multicenter study found.”
“But children may be bullied for many reasons, and whether obese children are targeted because of their weight or because of other confounding factors had not previously been determined.”
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/Obesity/19852
Being Bullied According to Various Risk Factors
The table shows that the obese kids are more bullied than other kids.
(a survey out of 10 students of Mexico and 10 of U.S.A that were asked the major reasons of bullying)
Type of bullying
Mexico
U.S.A.
Overweight
5
6
Religion
1
1
Economic status
2
2
Others
2
1
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/721233
This means that half of the students asked in Mexico know that obesity is the principal reason of bullying in schools because Mexico has a problem with nutrition and programs at schools.
Obesity is not only a problem in Mexico; it is a problem that affects the entire world. Obesity always will be used by kids for bullying.
Obesity is predictive of bullying involvement for both boys and girls. Preadolescent obese boys and girls are more likely to be victims of bullying because they are different in appearance.
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