Talk:School bullying

message: This is the first time I have attempted to edit Wikipedia.  Not sure I'm doing it right.
I burst out laughing to find the following text in the article as it currently appears (April 3 2009):
"Strategies to reduce bullying within schools
"The most effective and least expensive method of putting a stop to bullying is to execute the perpetrator(s). Methods include hanging, drowning, spit-roasting, and group activities like stoning. Alternatively, using a scissors to remove one of the bully's fingers after each incident can be an effective strategy.
Researchers (Olweus, 1993;[13] Craig & Peplar, 1999;[14] Ross, 1998;[15] Morrison, 2002;[16] Whitted & Dupper, 2005;[17]"
I'm pretty sure spit-roasting and cutting off fingers isn't the recommendation of any of the listed researchers.  Funny, absolutely--no doubt especially to targets of bullying who go to the page.  But not useful or reliable information of the sort Wikipedia seeks in its articles.
ZabsterThinks (talk) 21:58, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New to editing Wikipedia. Amusing but unfounded statement in existing article. 

message: I was quite astonished with the example of Himmler as a famous school bully. There is no relation between being a school bully and becoming a genocidal nazi like Himmler. The example seems to me hugely exagerated. I am removing it. 82.139.116.66 (talk) 12:27, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The bit about Himmler 

message: While there are several good points about this article, from its tone it was written by someone either rather young or less than erudite. Words like "cussing" and "meanly" don't really belong in an encyclopedic article. I have done a few small edits, and will do more cleanup later today.--HillbillyProfane (talk) 08:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Well intentioned but poorly written. 

message: Does anybody know the difference ?--Penbat (talk) 08:19, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verbal bullying v [[verbal abuse]] 

message: I don't know what happened to the discussion, but has been proposed that Preventing bullying in the classroom be merged here into School bullying, even if Preventing bullying in the classroom is not a copy of a deleted article.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 00:08, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Not very keen to get involved in this but it looks like a definite yes to merge most of the article into here. There is quite a lot of overlap, in some places the other article is better than the material here. The difficult part is somebody using their judgment as to which parts of this article to replace with the other and blend the two.--Penbat (talk) 09:30, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: the introductory sections of Preventing bullying in the classroom could be merged to school bullying, but I think the topic of prevention is big enough for this to stand as a separate subject. This means reduce the introduction of Preventing bullying in the classroom ,and expand the prevention sections, without it being a howto. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:26, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: Could anyone update this map? Arkansas, Connecticut and New Hampshire should be dark blue, Hawaii should be light blue, Indiana, Rhode Island and Wyoming should be yellow. See , , , . Ron 1987 (talk) 20:42, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  File:School bullying laws in the United States-2.svg 

message: Citation number 2 does not lead to an actual page. It needs to be replaced with a new source, or the statements in the article should be reworded in light of its absence. EriktheRed53 (talk) 23:31, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation #2 is broken 

message: In the clip that shows typical school bullying / violence, I think is a little violent. Am I dne only one who is afraid that it might be perceived as the wiki in a way propagates happy slapping as it is known as?--109.232.72.49 (talk) 17:50, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thus far you are, yes. Although actually I'm not sure the video clip adds much to the article anyway. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 19:52, 9 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problem 

message: I don't know enough about wiki editing to do it myself, unfortunately. Harcèlement scolaire links to this page, but not the other way around. Thank you. 67.191.199.51 (talk) 15:36, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: normally a bot would fix this but perhaps it is confused by the crosslinks with Bullying.  Graeme Bartlett (talk) 21:49, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can someone who is able to use wikipedia link to the French article? 

message: The lead for this article, as it exists currently, is of exceedingly poor quality. It makes sweeping claims which, while they may be accurate, have no references of any kind to back them up. It is not written in an encyclopedic style, in fact, it reads more like an essay. It also has issues with grammar, and depending on your interpretation may have issues with synthesizing information and NPOV. 216.16.236.30 (talk) 17:52, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huge issues with the lead. 

message: Whoever wrote this article used too many colloquial phrases, and terms that could be described better.  This is not really suitable for an encyclopedia.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.213.2.61 (talk) 18:57, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Poorly written article

message: Section 6, “Strategies to reduce school bullying,” is misplaced. This section belongs at the end of the article. This is more of a next step process. For example, I know what school bullying is, I understand all the facts and the roles people play in school bulling, so now, how do I help prevent it or stop it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aladdinp07 (talk • contribs) 01:01, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section 6 - Strategies to reduce school bullying 

message: I believe that an encyclopedia should give clear definitions and understanding of the material. An encyclopedia should be more fact based. 
By including the stories it is making the article biased.
The following sections should have the stories removed and each area should just have the clear definition of each topic:
1.6 Homophobic bullying, 3   Short-term and long-term effects, 9.1 Victims
 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aladdinp07 (talk • contribs) 01:18, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short Stories in article 

message: I believe that sections 1.4 Cyber Bullying, 1.5 Sexual Bullying, and 1.6 Homophobic Bullying are really a form of bullying more than there are types. The "Types" physical, verbal, or emotional are the three major types. Whereas Cyber, Sexual and Homophobic involve the 3 basic types of bullying. For example Homophobic bullying involves verbal and/or physical abuse, so this really needs to belongs under forms more than it does types.216.185.230.22 (talk) 01:14, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Types vs forms of school bullying.  

message: For the Definition I would like to update it to a more current definition that is being used today. 
The following will stay the same.
1.	Types of bullying – stay the same
1.1.	Physical 
1.2.	Emotional
1.3.	Verbal
After section 1.3 would like to add some sections with heading such as:
2.	Where and when bullying happens
2.1.	Description of 2.0
3.	Frequency of bullying
4.	The role kids play
4.1.	Importance of not labeling kids
4.2.	Kids involved in bullying
5.	Who is at risk
5.1.	Risk factors
5.1.1.	Sign a child is being bullied
5.1.2.	Signs a child is bullying others
5.1.3.	Why don’t kids ask for help?
5.2.	Effects
5.2.1.	Kids who are bullied
5.2.2.	Kids who bully others
5.2.3.	Bystanders
5.2.4.	The relationship between bullying and suicide
5.3.	Prevent bullying
5.3.1.	How to talk about bullying
5.3.2.	Prevention at school
5.3.2.1.	Assess bullying in your school
5.3.2.2.	Find out what happened
5.3.2.3.	Support the kids involved
5.3.2.4.	Be more than a bystander
Aladdinp07 (talk) 22:44, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: See WP:NOTHOWTO. Wikipedia should describe anti-bullying strategies that are detailed in independent reliable sources, but Wikipedia should not be telling people "How to talk about bullying" or what they should do "in your school". --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:54, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restructure the layout to flow more smoothly between topics. Also enhance sections clarity. 

message: When tracing this information for the citation and to clarify "clarification needed", the citation does not relate to the information under the topic "Homophobic Bullying", also the information that is listed is a direct copy and paste from an article 
"https://sites.google.com/site/stopbullyinghi/homophobic-bullying".Aladdinp07 (talk) 17:47, 21 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing "Homophobic Bullying" 

message: Hello, I'm Aladdinp07 (talk) 15:48, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You're supposed to put that on the User talk: page of the editor who made the edit, not on the article Talk: page of the article itself. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:22, 26 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  School bullying 

message: Time to include organisations dealing with School bullying.--Darrelljon (talk) 16:46, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Organisations 

message: I am going to add "continuous school absences" to the warning signs of someone that is being bullied. 4Him88 (talk) 22:13, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warning Signs of Bullying 

message: The interventions section in the bullying article is moved to below as it is entirely school bullying related--Penbat (talk) 21:05, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interventions section moved from [[bullying]] article 

message: This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): King2k18.
====School-based intervention====
The following has been found to be effective in school-based anti-bullying programs:
* training in emotional control
* peer counseling
* school policy on bullying.
====US Federal intervention====
In 2010, under the leadership of then Assistant Deputy Secretary Kevin Jennings and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the U.S. Department of Education held the first "Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit," bringing together over 150 researchers, parents, students and executive leadership from both non-profit and corporate organizations involved in bullying prevention efforts. In October, 2010, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights released a letter clarifying the overlap between bullying and harassment covered under several Federal Civil Rights Laws that require schools to adequately address the behavior. With increasing public attention in late 2010 and early 2011, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the first ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention on March 10, 2011 to "dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up". At that Conference, the U.S. Federal Government's central repository on bullying prevention, StopBullying.gov officially launched. Together with the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, Defense, Agriculture, the Interior, as well as the National Council on Disability, the FTC and the White House Initiative on AAPI, which made up the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention, the Department of Education hosted two additional summits in 2011 and 2012, again bringing together the growing anti-bullying field. In April, 2012, StopBullying.gov was relaunched to include additional information as well as a map tracking state anti-bullying laws. In October, 2012 the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services launched a PSA campaign with the Ad Council and other partners targeted at parents to talk to their kids about being "more than a bystander". After Secretary Jennings left the U.S. Department of Education in July, 2011, many of these efforts were spearheaded by Research and Policy Coordinator for Bullying Prevention Initiatives, Deborah Temkin, who was recognized for her work with a nomination for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
==== Anti-bullying-program success rates ====
Results from a Texas anti-bullying program "study" which were reported on by CBS News (Sept 2013) at first seemed to indicate that anti-bullying programs were actually counterproductive.Anti-Bullying Programs Having an Opposite Effect?  However, these study results were later found to be inconclusive, because the Texas study did not actually compare pre-anti-bullying-program incident rates with post-anti-bullying-program incident rates within the same school districts, in other words: these results may have only highlighted the fact that school districts with pronounced bullying problems tend to be more likely to adopt anti-bullying programs, than school districts without pronounced bullying problems.Reviewer Selwyn Duke acknowledges that Texas study did not track individual program impacts within any given school districts.  Other more comprehensive studies which did review these rates within the same anti-bullying-program school districts have indeed found mixed results, with some school districts achieving up to 50% reductions in incident rates, while other districts even experienced slightly increased incident rates.Summary of longitudinal studies of various anti-bullying-program results.  In this study it was found that a higher level of participation by a school's central administration generally resulted in a higher success level for the anti-bullying-program.
Bullying has a big impact on kids at school because it singles them out and makes them feel like an outcast.  With the advancement of technology, kids now have to suffer cyberbullying which means kids are getting picked on at school and home.  All of this bullying affects children on how to handle and deal with the treatment they are getting from an individual and face suicidal ideation or even homicidal ideation.  With the violence that is on the media and video games does not help children as well on how to deal with their emotions or thinking process.  According to Tripathy, Maharana, Gochhait (2015) argues, “It is true that, violence in media is rapidly increasing. The average child watches 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school. That number more than doubles by the time he or she reaches age 18.”  With the increase in violence that is on the media, children are becoming more violent and school shootings are something that this world is facing more and more.  How can we stop the violence going in the school?   Parents need to be more involved with their children and in touch with their kids’ teachers.  Schools having more security can help be minimizing who is coming in and out schools.  Schools having more support groups for bullying can help kids talk about what is happening and what to do.  
References
Tripathy, P., Maharana, K., Gochhait, S.  (2015).  Do Violent Movies Create Violence in Youths? A Study, A Journal of Commerce and Management Thought, 6(3), 427-444.  Retrieved from:  http://web.a.ebscohost.com.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=16&sid=0c3ebdd4-a15d-40f6-b64b-e626c718ecbb%40sessionmgr4007 Angml (talk) 02:05, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

message: Results from a Texas anti-bullying program "study" which were reported on by CBS News (Sept 2013) at first seemed to indicate that anti-bullying programs were actually counterproductive.Anti-Bullying Programs Having an Opposite Effect?  However, these study results were later found to be inconclusive, because the Texas study did not actually compare pre-anti-bullying-program incident rates with post-anti-bullying-program incident rates within the same school districts, in other words: these results may have only highlighted the fact that school districts with pronounced bullying problems tend to be more likely to adopt anti-bullying programs, than school districts without pronounced bullying problems.Reviewer Selwyn Duke acknowledges that Texas study did not track individual program impacts within any given school districts.  Other more comprehensive studies which did review these rates within the same anti-bullying-program school districts have indeed found mixed results, with some school districts achieving up to 50% reductions in incident rates, while other districts even experienced slightly increased incident rates.Summary of longitudinal studies of various anti-bullying-program results.  In this study it was found that a higher level of participation by a school's central administration generally resulted in a higher success level for the anti-bullying-program.
Bullying has a big impact on kids at school because it singles them out and makes them feel like an outcast.  With the advancement of technology, kids now have to suffer cyberbullying which means kids are getting picked on at school and home.  All of this bullying affects children on how to handle and deal with the treatment they are getting from an individual and face suicidal ideation or even homicidal ideation.  With the violence that is on the media and video games does not help children as well on how to deal with their emotions or thinking process.  According to Tripathy, Maharana, Gochhait (2015) argues, “It is true that, violence in media is rapidly increasing. The average child watches 8,000 televised murders and 100,000 acts of violence before finishing elementary school. That number more than doubles by the time he or she reaches age 18.”  With the increase in violence that is on the media, children are becoming more violent and school shootings are something that this world is facing more and more.  How can we stop the violence going in the school?   Parents need to be more involved with their children and in touch with their kids’ teachers.  Schools having more security can help be minimizing who is coming in and out schools.  Schools having more support groups for bullying can help kids talk about what is happening and what to do.  
References
Tripathy, P., Maharana, K., Gochhait, S.  (2015).  Do Violent Movies Create Violence in Youths? A Study, A Journal of Commerce and Management Thought, 6(3), 427-444.  Retrieved from:  http://web.a.ebscohost.com.csuglobal.idm.oclc.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=16&sid=0c3ebdd4-a15d-40f6-b64b-e626c718ecbb%40sessionmgr4007 Angml (talk) 02:05, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-bullying-program success rates 

message: ===Of bullying in general===
Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying behavior may include name calling, verbal or written abuse, exclusion from activities, exclusion from social situations, physical abuse, or coercion.
According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (2007),  approximately 32% of U.S. school children reported being bullied at school; nearly 4% reported being cyber-bullied.
The Center suggests (2001) that bullying can be classified into two categories: 
# direct bullying, and
# indirect bullying (which is also known as social aggression).
Ross states that direct bullying involves a great deal of physical aggression, such as shoving and poking, throwing things, slapping, choking, punching and kicking, beating, stabbing, pulling hair, scratching, biting, scraping, and pinching.
He also suggests that social aggression or indirect bullying is characterized by attempting to socially isolate the target. This isolation is achieved through a wide variety of techniques, including spreading gossip, refusing to socialize with the target, bullying other people who wish to socialize with the target, and criticizing the target's manner of dress and other socially-significant markers (including the target's race, religion, disability, sex, or sexual preference, etc.). Ross outlines an array of nonviolent behavior which can be considered "indirect bullying", at least in some instances, such as name calling, the silent treatment, arguing others into submission, manipulation, gossip/false gossip, lies, rumors/false rumors, staring, giggling, laughing at the target, saying certain words that trigger a reaction from a past event, and mocking. The UK based children's charity, Act Against Bullying, was set up in 2003 to help children who were targets of this type of bullying by researching and publishing coping skills.
It has been noted that there tend to be differences in how bullying manifests itself between the sexes. Males tend to be more likely to be physically aggressive whereas females tend to favour exclusion and mockery, though it has been noticed that females are becoming more physical in their bullying.
Gay and lesbian youth are more likely to report bullying and may suffer more bullying and more negative effects.
Clayton R. Cook and co-authors  examined 153 studies from the last 30 years. They found that boys bully more than girls, and bullies and targets both have poor social problem-solving skills. More than anything else, poor academic performance predicts those who will bully.
--Penbat (talk) 21:47, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Of bullying in general section moved from [[bullying]] article 

message: Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying behavior may include name calling, verbal or written abuse, exclusion from activities, exclusion from social situations, physical abuse, or coercion.
According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (2007),  approximately 32% of U.S. school children reported being bullied at school; nearly 4% reported being cyber-bullied.
The Center suggests (2001) that bullying can be classified into two categories: 
# direct bullying, and
# indirect bullying (which is also known as social aggression).
Ross states that direct bullying involves a great deal of physical aggression, such as shoving and poking, throwing things, slapping, choking, punching and kicking, beating, stabbing, pulling hair, scratching, biting, scraping, and pinching.
He also suggests that social aggression or indirect bullying is characterized by attempting to socially isolate the target. This isolation is achieved through a wide variety of techniques, including spreading gossip, refusing to socialize with the target, bullying other people who wish to socialize with the target, and criticizing the target's manner of dress and other socially-significant markers (including the target's race, religion, disability, sex, or sexual preference, etc.). Ross outlines an array of nonviolent behavior which can be considered "indirect bullying", at least in some instances, such as name calling, the silent treatment, arguing others into submission, manipulation, gossip/false gossip, lies, rumors/false rumors, staring, giggling, laughing at the target, saying certain words that trigger a reaction from a past event, and mocking. The UK based children's charity, Act Against Bullying, was set up in 2003 to help children who were targets of this type of bullying by researching and publishing coping skills.
It has been noted that there tend to be differences in how bullying manifests itself between the sexes. Males tend to be more likely to be physically aggressive whereas females tend to favour exclusion and mockery, though it has been noticed that females are becoming more physical in their bullying.
Gay and lesbian youth are more likely to report bullying and may suffer more bullying and more negative effects.
Clayton R. Cook and co-authors  examined 153 studies from the last 30 years. They found that boys bully more than girls, and bullies and targets both have poor social problem-solving skills. More than anything else, poor academic performance predicts those who will bully.
--Penbat (talk) 21:47, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Of bullying in general

message: I'm going to add some statistics on where bullying takes place in certain areas of schools compared to others. Also, why some areas of schools are more likely to be hot spots for bullying and why they are hot spots. Gonza319 (talk) 06:37, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Venues of Bullying  

message: hello i am a student that will be spending the next few weeks editing this article for a class assignment if you would like to help please contact me through Wikipedia.Mokeeg (talk) 01:16, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Student introduction 

message: I added an intervention section and included PBIS and what it is, previously this was a section that was completely missing from this article. This is an important section to add because intervention in school bullying is necessary and used in schools across the US.Mokeeg (talk) 02:12, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is it important? The only citation was to PBIS's own website. If it's important, then PBIS will have been covered in journals and other independent reliable sources. —C.Fred (talk) 04:15, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Intervention Section 

message: I entered a prevention and intervention called PBIS in the prevention section. I also defined PBIS using a definition from a journal.Mokeeg (talk) 04:32, 15 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  addition to the prevention category 

message: I am adding a section on HIGHER EDUCATION BULLYING to explain that it does occur in colleges and universities. It is not something that happens just in elementary and high school. I want to give some statistics that have been found in the small amount of college bullying research that has been conducted. I am going to refer to the Tyler Clementi case that gave light to the college bullying.Coffeebeans213 (talk) 01:56, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  New addition to Bullying in Higher Education. 

message: I would like to change the cyberbully definition to
  Most definitions of cyberbullying come from definitions of school bullying. Thus, this conduct is often described as an intentional aggressive behavior that takes place via new technologies, during which groups or individuals hurt classmates who cannot easily defend themselves. Cyberbullying events can occur via cellphones or computers, by means of text messages, e-mails, online social networks, chatrooms or blogs. (Cheesy pickles 79203 (talk) 01:01, 30 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cyberbullying 

message: There is not enough information on bullying in college, although I feel is important because it is still bullying in an educational environment. I want to add some statistics regarding how low the cyberbullying rates are recorded for bullies and victims in college.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cheesy pickles 79203 (talk • contribs) 21:53, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Higher Education Bullying 

message: I'm new to Wikipedia and was wondering if there is a hyperlink for the "National Suicide Prevention Lifeline" in this Wikipedia page? If not I'm confused as to why there is no hyperlink yet.--Common helpfulness (talk) 22:08, 24 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New to editing Wikipedia. Confused about hyperlinks 

message: Shouldn't most of what's in this article be deleted since it talks about bullying in general and not specifically about bullying at school? It's a real question, I'm new and I'm trying to understand. Interesting Cause 88 (talk) 21:43, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  It doesn't specifically talk about bullying at school 

message: Bullying and emotional intelligence appears to be a position paper about teaching emotional intelligence skills to teens to help reduce the incidence of teen bullying. 
There is a similar critique on the Talk Page
My suggestion is to summarize the key points from the Interventions section and add to School bullying. Wiki-psyc (talk) 21:48, 28 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with User:Wiki-psyc. Iss246 (talk) 01:21, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

text: @Iss246 Agree Geysirhead (talk) 16:30, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I have updated the citations hence the removal of the need for citations banner. TomRichomme (talk) 16:07, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of citations banner 

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