Bullying “Words will never hurt me” used to be just an expression‚ but now bullying has gotten so bad that words really do hurt‚ this is known as “bullicide”. Many children‚ teens‚ and even some adults are victims of physical‚ verbal‚ or cyber bullying. Bullying affects victims negatively and can sometimes lead to suicide. Children‚ parents‚ and teachers need to work to prevent and end bullying. Bullying is a serious issue that has numerous causes and effects that can sometimes be life changing
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Causes and Effects of Bullying The road that you take today impacts the rest of your life. It can impact your whole generation and generation to come. It can also change someone’s life in a dramatic way. The causes and effects of bullying can do all of the things mentioned above. Bulling can create thoughts of suicide‚ depression‚ low self-confidence and many more symptoms. The
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solve a hopeless dilemma by ending it all.” (“Teens are...” (para.1) About 4‚600 kids and young adults kill themselves every year and about 40% used a gun to do so. Another 40% suffocate or strangle themselves‚ and 8% poison themselves. (“Kids at risk...”(para. 6) People who try to take their life by pills or by cutting themselves‚ complete the suicide only 3% of the time. (“Kids at risk...”(para. 7) There isn’t always a way to prevent suicide.(“Teens are...(para. 2 ) In fact‚ you may not even know
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year olds. In 1996‚ 6‚300 teens died in the United States from motor vehicle crash injuries. The fatality rate for teenage drivers is about 4 times as high as the rate for drivers 25 to 65 years old. On average‚ a teen driver is killed every other day in California. In most of those fatalities‚ the reason was either involving speeding or driver error. But in California‚ Oregon‚ Michigan‚ and other states‚ those statistics are dropping because they have had laws restricting teen driving on the books for
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scenes in movies‚ there are shows SPECIFICALLY about teen pregnancy. Shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant make pregnancy seem acceptable and cool. If having sex at young ages didn’t seem like the cool thing to do‚ many teens wouldn’t do it. Taking inappropriate shows and movies off the air could make a difference in the teenage pregnancy rate. There are many forms of birth control. In a lot of arguments about teen pregnancy there is talk about making condoms more readily available‚ but I think
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Cyber Bullying Cyber bullying has become a real issue this pass years. Bullying isn’t just someone punching you in the face or calling you by mean names‚ is a lot more than that. There are even different types of bullying. They are 8 types of different ways to cyber bully someone‚ in this generation teens have figure how to bully by excluding‚ harassing ‚ outing ‚ cyber stalking ‚ masquerading‚ flaming‚ pseudonyms‚ anonyms. I think cyber bullying is worst then a real bullying. We all know world’s
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Cyber Bullying is when a child or teen is being tormented‚ threatened‚ humiliated harassed‚ embarrassed‚ or emotional hurt through the use of internet and technology such as phones‚ iPods‚ or iPads. There are many ways we can cope with cyber bullying. Some beneficial tips in dealing with cyber bullying is to save all the evidence‚ never respond or get engaged in cyber bullying‚ and to get help as soon as possible. The first tip is to save all the evidence of the cyber bullying. The evidence that
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would agree that teen curfew is effective in reducing the risk of teens getting into trouble. But I believe that teens shouldn’t have a curfew. I say this because not all teens are out in weird hours of the night getting into trouble so why punish all teens for others mistakes. Yes‚ making curfews for teens can reduce the risk of them getting into trouble during some hours of the night. But don’t you think that if they have curfews not only is there going to be teens that break the
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Cyber-bullying From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2010) | | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and the United Kingdom and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the
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because teenagers can be victims of bullying. Untreated depression and other mental disorders are a key component to teen suicides. Depression‚ especially‚ can be triggered by several events in a teenager’s life such as problems at home‚ breaking up with a boyfriend or girlfriend‚ and dealing with sexual identity (Will). Maureen Underwood‚ a social worker who has written suicide prevention school curricula and who works with the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide‚ states these “triggering
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