You're right... some kids are pansies, but sometimes it does go a little bit too far, ya know?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh no I definitely agree. Bullying is still like 80 % of the problem here. Its just that it seems a lot of kids just go crying when someone says something slightly hurtful, and its the parents fault becasue theyre babying their kids too much. The big issue is still the bullying. I tried to make it clear in the post but its kinda hard to explain without sounding like an asshole.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, it's kind of hard to not sound like an asshole when you talk about this with all the media attention it's been getting lately.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well thankyou for agreeing with me :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It was easier before to avoid the bullying by just ignoring, but now with all this cyber bullying, texting, posting mean photos for every one to see it's not so easy... instead of just the one person picking on the victim, it's the whole class or even the whole school. Personal information can be acquired and posted for every one. it's just a lot harder now to avoid the bullies

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i do agree with you that bullying has scalated with the invention of modern internet, but that doesnt change the fact that kids are becoming less defensive for themselves lately and it doesnt help when the parents fight their kids battles for them. if you read above, again im trying not to sound like an asshole, but its true.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no, i don't think you sound like an asshole at all! I totally agree with you on the fact that kids aren't defending themselves and parents are stepping into too many of their child's battles, all I'm saying is that it's becoming far more difficult for a child to defend themselves when the perpetrators are calling themselves "anonymous" or deleting any evidence that it happened at all. I agreed with this post but I think that bullying is getting waaay to difficult to stop nowadays

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i agree with you it is harder, exspecially when you dont know who it is that's bullying you. in my opinion the only way to stop bullying is to not care about it. my mom always used to tell me " If you ignore them, theyll go away." Turns out she was right cuz it happened to me once and i just stopped talking to the kid. Cut off all connections with him and never had a problem again. And i think that it may be the solution to the bullying: if kids did jsut that. but these are just my opinions. again, bullying is still like 80% of the problem in my eyes.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Some kids need to man the fuck up...and learn to defend themselves. But, like mentioned earlier, it sometimes does go wayyyy too far.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't care if it makes me sound like a bitch, but I think its pathetic all the media attention lately. Bullying will NEVER stop. Kids will be kids. Teens will be teens. Adults will fucking be adults. People talk shit. Deal with it. Get over it. So what if someone that doesn't mean shit to yiur life calls you fat! Even if they do it every single day for 20 years. Seriously, that's worth killing yourself? Cool. Fucking idiot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(briiingitttt.): You'd be the bully then?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree that bullying will never stop.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think that there are kids who take a small comment too far. They go crying to their parents because someone called them stupid. But the thing is, it does matter what people think. As much as anyone would like to think it doesn't, it does. What other people think of you determines your life- how you're treated, what schools you go to, what jobs you get, what people you become friends with/date/marry/whatever. So this, 'kids are supposed to be mean to each other, it's a part of growing up. They need to toughen up.' stuff needs to stop. Kids aren't supposed to be complete ignorant assholes to each other and abuse each other constantly.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah agreed, but I am pretty sure one of the boys that commited suicide, his mother wasnt even aware of what was going on. So maybe parents need to be more aware of their kids lives, as opposed to letting kids fight their own battles (cus it obviously didnt work for this kid) I think parents need to be there to make their kids know that there is nothing worth ending your own life over, especially not other peoples words. I was considered 'goth' in high school and through the years i took some shit from people, but not that bad. It never bothered me, I just did my own thing because its what I like.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know. I was bullied and at first, it did bother me and I did cry once. However, once I hit freshman year, I stopped caring. I laughed and walked away. It's funny because the guy in charge of that kind of stuff almost didn't believe that I ACTUALLY laughed and walked away. My mom got more flustered than I did about the bully.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Couldn't agree with you more. People are pansies now days. There are three things you can do to combat bullying: 1. Don't acknowledge their existence. That would let them know that they are at least important enough for you to notice them. 2. Fight back. You've got a brain and you've got fists. Use one of them. 3. Sue. This one is best for "cyberbullying" situations.

by Anonymous 13 years ago