What Is Bullying in Grade School?
According to Princeton University, bullying is defined as the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something. Bullying can be a serious problem, and can end up causing children distress, according to Laura DeHaan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child Development at North Dakota State University.
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Features
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Bullying can occur in either non-violent or violent ways. Examples of non-violent bullying would include name-calling, teasing or de-pantsing. Examples of violent bullying would include the stealing of lunch money through physical abuse, forcing another child's face into the ground, or threats of violence if the child were to tell an elder.
Function
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Bullies carry out their actions for a purpose. Children who bully want their behavior to be noticed in order to produce a certain affect over their other classmates.
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Grade School
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Grade school bullies tend to pick children younger than themselves has victims. In grade school, boys are more likely to do the bullying than are girls.
Considerations
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Grade school bullies engage in the behavior that they do to assert themselves at the top of the social totem pole. While in grade school, bullying is considered to be normal behavior among boys. However, bullying's status as normal behavior is dropped when the bullying becomes physical.
Theories/Speculation
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According to Dr. DeHaan, it is thought that bullies come from homes where the relationship between parents is either broken or strained. Bullies may also be having difficulties in their studies, which causes them to lash out at classmates that they perceive as doing better.
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