Social Power Of Bullying In The United States

Bullying can be broad throughout the ages of ten through thirteen, including physical, psychological, and verbal abuse intended to intimidate or belittle a victim who is typically younger or smaller than the bully. Throughout the years bullying has been a huge problem, it usually occurs between the ages of ten through thirteen years old. Children tend to bully others because they have been bullied in the past or because they just feel good while doing it. During the early teen years, bullying is a form of social power. It usually occurs towards the end of elementary and in their early teens because kids are transitioning from being a child to an adolescent. In some cases bullying also occurs because the adolescent is either not mentally or

The adolescent seeks to look for victims to get their revenge on and it is usually the kids who tend to look like the easiest targets. ”There is a tendency for some teens who have been victims of bullying to look for ways to retaliate or to seek revenge” (Gorden, p.6). Children who are the most quiet of them all are the ones that the bully decides to attack. The quiet ones are perceived as the most vulnerable because the bully thinks they will not defend themselves nor look for help. ”They also may bully others to counter bullying that is directed towards them” (Gorden, p.8). In other words, while the bully is bullying the victim, the bully can also be getting bullied by someone else who thinks they are stronger than the bully. When they bully others is to make them feel what they felt when they themselves had been victims of

In other words, if you do not show that you care to a adolescent they will end up hurting others who seem to be weaker than them just to give themselves pleasure. Kids that do not have the attention they need are the ones that are mainly the bully’s. “Kids who are bored and looking for entertainment will sometimes resort to bullying to add some excitement and drama to their otherwise dull lives” (Gorden, p.9). This brings us back to the lack of empathy and attention. If a kid gets bored and does not get the attention they need they will end up bullying others just to entertain themselves. Other kids just do it to do it, just to feel good, or just because they are bored and have nothing else to do. So even though you might be giving them the attention they need they can still end up being bullies. If pleasure is what they feel while being a bully then there is probably not much you can do to stop them because if it is something that makes them feel good, then they will continue to do it until they realize what they are actually