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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: 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.