Week Seven Post One

While reading this chapter the section that I found most interesting was the section on bullies and victims. Bullying is defined as repeated, systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal or social attack on a weaker person. Bullying occurs in every single nation, community and school. No matter how hard schools try to prevent it, they can’t eliminate it entirely. It is said that from a developmental perspective, childhood bullying is connected to many other aspects of aggression, including maltreatment, special needs and delinquency. Victims of bullying tend to be cautious, sensitive, quiet, lonely and abandoned. It can affect the way a person develops if you think about it. If someone is being bullied at a young age they may develop a long lasting trait of shyness, fear and sensitivity. Victims are usually chosen based off their emotional vulnerability and social isolation, not based off appearances.  Most victims are withdrawn-rejected, some are aggressive-rejected and some are provocative victims. Provocative victims are also known as bully-victims. Which is someone who attacks others and who is attacked as well. They tend to do things that elicit bullying. Most bully-victims are socially perspective but lack the empathy of prosocial children.  In my opinion I think the only way to try to stop bullies is by making them seek professional counseling services. I feel as though if a bully is caught in school harming another student either mentally or physically they should be required to attend multiple counseling sessions with a professional. I feel as though bullies pick on other students to gain attention and to take out their frustration. If these bullies used their words to communicate their feelings rather than hurt others, the world could be a better place.