Comment on the prevalence of bullying in 5 11 years age range and evaluate the differing
Comment on the prevalence of bullying in 5-11 years age range and evaluate the differing methods used to tackle the problem. ... This description of bullying comes from a child character in a children’s story book about bullying. Bullying is actually far more complicated than this, as it can take many forms in many different situations. This purpose of this essay is to describe exactly what bullying is, the various forms it can take and how it can be tackled in the 5 – 11 age range. ... Bullying is described in the English dictionary as “to intimidate, overawe, ill-treat”. This description however does not acknowledge that bullying can take many forms. ... It states that bullying can take any of the following forms; physical, verbal, emotional, racist or sexual. Dan Olweus is an expert in the field of bullying and says that “emotional bullying, like ridicule and exclusion, seems to be more common than physical violence”. Physical bullying is described as “pushing, kicking, hitting, pinching and other forms of violence or threats”. This form of bullying is often more easy to spot as it often leaves marks or scars on a child. Verbal bullying is name-calling, teasing, spreading rumours or sarcasm. It is a form of emotional bullying as it effects the child in a different way to physical bullying, but can cause just as much, if not more pain. Emotional bullying tends to be through constant torment, ridicule and humiliation. Both racist and sexual are concerned with bullying a person as they are different. ... Sexual bullying, however also involves unwanted physical contact. This form of bullying can be very traumatic for anybody experiencing it. ... The following quote from her guide for parents about bullying helps identify why some children may feel the need to bully: Whatever the causes of bullying, bullies pick on others as a way of making life better for themselves. ... They are often not happy and use bullying as a way of trying to achieve popularity and friends. ... Bullying is a constant problem. It has been around for hundreds of years in many forms, and will continue to be a serious problem in primary schools for many years to come yet. Ernie Hughes, head-teacher said that in his personal experience two children out of every thirty experience physical bullying at least once a day. He also said when being interviewed that verbal bullying was “far more common and harder to identify”. Ernie Hughes has been head teacher of his school for nearly seven years and says the problem of bullying hasn’t become worse, but has stayed at the same level. ... This extract from the study report gives a more detail about the children’s experiences: 38% of the children had been bullied more than once or had a particularly terrifying bullying incident….