Bullying

Question of the Day:  Tell us your ideas about preventing bullying — and dealing with it when it does occur. Do you think laws like the one in New Jersey will help reduce instances of bullying? What do you think teachers and schools can do to improve school culture and reduce bullying? What approaches do you think can be effective? Do you see this problem getting better, worse or staying about the same in your school or community?

      Every school should prevent bullying and people at home should prevent it as well. When bullying occurs, the child should immediately go to an adult or authority for help. Taking on the problem on your own can lead to dangerous outcomes. 

      I think laws like the one in New Jersey will help reduce instances of bullying. It will probably make bullies think twice about breaking the law because they can get caught. The teachers can monitor all their students and really make sure none of the kids are bullied. The approaches that are effective are having talks with the students to make sure that they are okay. I see this problem staying the same because there are bullies everywhere and little is being done to prevent it.