What Needs To Be Done
With the increase in suicide rates amongst children, many states such as Mississippi and Georgia have laws that are being passed, requiring districts to have a bully prevention policy (Staples 1). New Jersey has also recently passed an anti-bullying law through the State Education Committee following the death of Rutgers University student, Tyler Clementi. Unfortunately, there are still some states that do not have anti-bullying laws, which tell us that it is still an issue that is overlooked and ignored despite the numerous amounts of suicide cases from bullying. In order to completely prevent this issue, in addition to passing laws, it is also important to take action and educate children from a young age. This is important because in order to prevent bullying in the future, it is imperative to teach children that it is not tolerable at an early age. Bullies are individuals who have an increased possibility of becoming criminals or engaging in criminal activities in the future. Therefore, it is best to teach children that it is wrong and will not be accepted in our society. 
Programs need to be created for children as well as teenagers similar to the ones created by the Jewish organization, JWI, which educates teenagers about health relationships and domestic violence (Jacobs 1). These programs should be mandatory for every child across the country, whether they are currently bullied or not and should be held at least once a week, consisting of faculty members who are willing to talk privately to any student who is a victim of bullying or has any questions. The issue of bullying needs to be given more awareness in schools and in health classes the same way alcohol, drugs, and AIDS is given importance. Many people would object to this idea and say that is it not necessary for every child to take part of this program or even for their child’s school to have such a program because no act of bullying ever occurred in the school. However, they do not realize that in most schools across the country, children get bullied and in order to prevent this from occurring in the future, children need to learn at a young age that it is wrong and can have negative consequences.
With the increase in suicide rates amongst children, many states such as Mississippi and Georgia have laws that are being passed, requiring districts to have a bully prevention policy (Staples 1). New Jersey has also recently passed an anti-bullying law through the State Education Committee following the death of Rutgers University student, Tyler Clementi. Unfortunately, there are still some states that do not have anti-bullying laws, which tell us that it is still an issue that is overlooked and ignored despite the numerous amounts of suicide cases from bullying. In order to completely prevent this issue, in addition to passing laws, it is also important to take action and educate children from a young age. This is important because in order to prevent bullying in the future, it is imperative to teach children that it is not tolerable at an early age. Bullies are individuals who have an increased possibility of becoming criminals or engaging in criminal activities in the future. Therefore, it is best to teach children that it is wrong and will not be accepted in our society. 
Programs need to be created for children as well as teenagers similar to the ones created by the Jewish organization, JWI, which educates teenagers about health relationships and domestic violence (Jacobs 1). These programs should be mandatory for every child across the country, whether they are currently bullied or not and should be held at least once a week, consisting of faculty members who are willing to talk privately to any student who is a victim of bullying or has any questions. The issue of bullying needs to be given more awareness in schools and in health classes the same way alcohol, drugs, and AIDS is given importance. Many people would object to this idea and say that is it not necessary for every child to take part of this program or even for their child’s school to have such a program because no act of bullying ever occurred in the school. However, they do not realize that in most schools across the country, children get bullied and in order to prevent this from occurring in the future, children need to learn at a young age that it is wrong and can have negative consequences.
No comments:
Post a Comment