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The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by scohesc »

I was bullied both in school and by my own father (who has Asperger's and a mean streak of narcissism) growing up - definitely suffering the long-term and forever consequences in my life because of it. Low self-esteem, no confidence in myself, can't talk to anybody without second guessing everything.

I'm trying to pull myself out of the slump but after living on my own for 3 years I still have troubles with relationships - not trusting anybody, etc.

The sooner we can identify children who are being abused at school, at home, and adopt corrective measures (ideally keeping the child at home instead of throwing them into the foster system), the better off society will be.

Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by codazoda »

This reminds me that I should write down the experiences I remember as a child, including being chased over three miles by half a dozen kids. I finally crossed into an older woman’s yard, she recognized what was happening and asked me inside. I’ll never forget the beautiful polar bear rug in her living room. She got her keys and drove me home.

Lucky for me I sprouted between elementary and junior high, I also got meaner, and the problems stopped.

I turned out okay but I’m sure it shaped me in various ways.

Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by civopsec »

HPsquared wrote: post #7

Reminder that this study is only showing a correlation. It could also be the well-known effect that "weaker" (physically or mentally) people are more likely to be bullied. The way to test causation is to have a "control" group with normal environmental bullying levels, and a second group which is otherwise identical to the first, randomly targeted by the scientists for extra bullying. This would of course be unethica…

> It could also be the well-known effect that "weaker" (physically or mentally) people are more likely to be bullied.

Dang, I was going to post this suggestion as a joke (because “proof that weak people deserve it”—get it?).

Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by CalRobert »

codazoda wrote: post #12

This reminds me that I should write down the experiences I remember as a child, including being chased over three miles by half a dozen kids. I finally crossed into an older woman’s yard, she recognized what was happening and asked me inside. I’ll never forget the beautiful polar bear rug in her living room. She got her keys and drove me home. Lucky for me I sprouted between elementary and junior high, I also got mea…

I wish we could be honest with our kids that sometimes you need to be mean in order to not be destroyed by mean people.

Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by [deleted] »

civopsec wrote: post #13
HPsquared wrote: post #7

Reminder that this study is only showing a correlation. It could also be the well-known effect that "weaker" (physically or mentally) people are more likely to be bullied. The way to test causation is to have a "control" group with normal environmental bullying levels, and a second group which is otherwise identical to the first, randomly targeted by the scientists for extra bullying. This would of course be unethica…

> It could also be the well-known effect that "weaker" (physically or mentally) people are more likely to be bullied. Dang, I was going to post this suggestion as a joke (because “proof that weak people deserve it”—get it?).

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Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by ilaksh »

codazoda wrote: post #12

This reminds me that I should write down the experiences I remember as a child, including being chased over three miles by half a dozen kids. I finally crossed into an older woman’s yard, she recognized what was happening and asked me inside. I’ll never forget the beautiful polar bear rug in her living room. She got her keys and drove me home. Lucky for me I sprouted between elementary and junior high, I also got mea…

This illustrates the core problem: victim blaming.

Re: The persistent and pervasive impact of bullying in childhood and adolescence

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Post by evancox100 »

ilaksh wrote: post #18
codazoda wrote: post #12

This reminds me that I should write down the experiences I remember as a child, including being chased over three miles by half a dozen kids. I finally crossed into an older woman’s yard, she recognized what was happening and asked me inside. I’ll never forget the beautiful polar bear rug in her living room. She got her keys and drove me home. Lucky for me I sprouted between elementary and junior high, I also got mea…

This illustrates the core problem: victim blaming.

Where is any blame being assigned to anyone?
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