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Originally Posted by jfaber99
This is an interesting discussion.
Here are some other thoughts to add to the discussion.
Do you think bullying is worse now than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago?
Or maybe it’s the fact that kids now days even think that suicide is an option?
I went to HS twenty years ago and don’t really remember any suicide instances. Yes we had bullies then/there too. But also we did not have television shows that constantly revolved around murder, death, suicide, etc… Even the local news now-a-days revolves around hate crimes and every automobile accident that ends in tragedy.
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Suicide has quickly become "socially acceptable", which is pretty sad in and of itself. I don't know why or how but maybe its the sheltering parents give kids, or how everyones a "winner" in Kindergarten sports. Also theres way more ways for it to happen. As little as 5 years ago kids left school and the bully was gone, at least for a night. Now everyone has facebook, myspace, etc and the trashing continues at home.
Bonnie mentioned not being able to fight back and thats true too. I got trashed on a lot all through school (I have big ears, sue me). In 7th grade I cracked the main bully one in the face despite being smaller than him and even though I got tossed, the fact I had the balls to do it gave me more street cred than anything. I got suspended from school for a day, and the assistant principal even told me while fighting is bad, I did the right thing for myself. Even my folks supported it.