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According to Medical Xpress:
The negative social, physical and mental health effects of childhood bullying are still evident nearly 40 years later, according to new research by King's College London. The study is the first to look at the effects of bullying beyond early adulthood, and is published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by bucc5062 on Saturday April 19 2014, @11:08AM
Without sounding rude, could it in studying children for 40 years? Perhaps the point is not the "obvious" nature of the claim, it is in the detailed study of the actions and results.
By your title you hint that maybe you were bullied, so was I. I can still remember distinct moments when it occurred and how it made me feel. The study talks about effects like depression, thoughts of suicide and I can attest to that. With good, strong parenting They helped pull me back educationally, but throughout my life I've never been good at making relationships and trusting people. At least now I may have an idea why. Whether it helps down the road is another story.
THe first two posts (including yours) come off rather dismissive, when as smart adults we can better give a cheer and say "Yes, now we see how it truly goes beyond childhood". Perhaps now society can start to take a closer look at ways to stop bullying since now there is more definitive proof of its effects for a person's life and that effect on society. Instead of jus saying "suick it up" or "get a backbone" or "you're just a coward, live with it" we can really help these kids. Naaaa, that would be to logical and cost too much. Better just let them deal with it and hope they don't one day pick up a gun and start to blow people away...oh...that costs more?
There was this moment in human history when we were given a blueprint on how to live and become better humans. Whether it was from God or just really wise people, it was blue print to allow to humans to make a heaven on earth. Instead, we shit on it, altered it, then bludgeoned people with it to the point where we have now created our own hell instead. Humanity, doomed to fail for it could not understand a simple concept, "love your neighbor as you would love your self".
The more things change, the more they look the same
(Score: 2, Interesting) by gishzida on Saturday April 19 2014, @06:44PM
If it seems I am "dismissive" it is because of the decades late and millions of live wasted or destroyed and only now Science is able to "prove" what you and I and every other child and adult who was bullied already knows.
It's a study to rub salt in the wounds that still run deep... to say "Oh gee, some people are still effected after 40 years..." I had it from the time I was four on [that makes it 1958]... And yes it had a great impact on the kind of person I became and even I don't particularly like who I became, the mistakes I made and the people I hurt in response to my own hurts. [gee I bet I never hear the end of that remark!]
In some ways this is "idiot science" -- Yes the sun came up this morning and it rained like the flood yesterday... oh and yes, it is true that negative experiences can effect one for a life time and no I don't expect this known fact will ever make a difference for any one at all-- especially in the Puritan unconsciousness of the US where all :all badness" is perceived as divine punishment-- because if you were actually good no one would have bullied you... This is the unspoken "moral heart" of Republican / Conservative politics
No, I'm *NOT* one of those that play the "get some backbone" or "get over it..." card. I know the price to be paid for evil passed along to the next generation... and for some who receive evil they too pass it along.... a never ending tide of sadness and hurt... I try to make a difference now and try to nurture my grandson who at the age of two has some challenges in the form of night terrors and a "control freak" mother. I know for all the nurturing a way at least some of the darkness...
regards.
(Score: 1) by cannonfodder on Sunday April 20 2014, @01:54AM
I was with you until you dragged politics into this.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 20 2014, @05:12AM
> I was with you until you dragged politics into this.
You must be new here.
Oh, wait... we ALL are.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 21 2014, @07:57PM
This is the unspoken "moral heart" of Republican / Conservative politics
You need to meet more republicans than the ones you have met. Most of the ones I know would have twisted the bullies arm off and said "you do that again, you will pay". The 'liberals' I met tried 'have you tried talking to him about how he feels'. Neither way 'fixes' the issue and both make it worse for one of the two parties but not better for both.
Most school systems let it go on because it is easier than having to deal with it. If you deal with the bully you have to expel someone and hurt your school in some way. If you deal with the bullied you have to expel someone and possibly hurt your school in some way. So they let it go on because it is easier. In some cases where 'popular' kids are involved they encourage it and twist it so the victim gets blamed.
However, sounds like you want a convenient scapegoat in 'the republicans'. Making you just simply a bigot. Take your crap back to SD. It has become a giant 'liberal' love fest there anyway.