Research Paper Bullying
Strategies to Prevent Bullying One in five children between the ages of ten and eighteen, have been bullied both inside and outside of school. Government officials, and school administrators, are taking strides to prevent the act of bullying. Laws and anti-bully programs are being passed all over the United States to stop the bullying epidemic. There are bullies all over, torturing children for things such as appearance, sexual orientation, race, personality and much more. Due to these bullies, children and young adults chose to take their lives to end the pain they are receiving from others hurtful words and actions. The government and schools are attempting to do whatever they can to prevent bullying from getting worse. The government has realized that bullying has become a terrible way of expression between young children and adults. These government officials have taken matters into their own hands by creating laws that will discipline anyone who is bullying another person. Not all states have passed laws for bullying, but many states are trying to have laws approved. “Sates began passing anti-bully laws in earnest in the early 2000s…by late 2005, 17 states has passed antibully legislation” (“New Laws Take…”). According to research, only three states, Michigan, Minnesota and South Dakota, do not have any laws regarding bullies. Some states make it a necessity to report any form of bullying to the school, or the government itself. States like New Jersey and Connecticut, are responsible for reporting any acts of bullying seen on school property or in any public place, to their state. New Jersey’s law requires every school to have a specialized bully therapist available for students at any time (“New Laws Take…”). The definition of bullying is not just narrowed down to physically going up to someone and talking to them in a negative way, it also includes the negative things said and done over the internet. Cyber bullying was not even considered a problem a while
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