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A new study led by the University of Delaware found that kids who are bullied in fifth grade often suffer from depression and begin using alcohol and other substances a few years after the incidents.
"Students who experienced more frequent peer victimization in fifth grade were more likely to have greater symptoms of depression in seventh grade, and a greater likelihood of using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco in tenth grade," said the study's leader, Valerie Earnshaw, a social psychologist and assistant professor in UD's College of Education and Human Development.
The study involved researchers from universities and hospitals in six states, who analyzed data collected between 2004 and 2011 from 4,297 students on their journey from fifth through tenth grade. The findings were published online in the medical journal Pediatrics.
The students were from Birmingham, Alabama; Houston, Texas; and Los Angeles County, California. Forty-four percent were Latino, 29 percent were African American and 22 percent were white.
Do you see this being true in your own life, or in the lives of others you know?
Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis (open, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-3426) (DX)
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday May 10 2017, @02:15PM
My eldest son came home, with tales of being picked on by the biggest kid in the class. Over the course of a few weeks, I told him, if you tolerate it, you'll be tolerating it all your life. It's UP TO YOU whether you'll be bullied for the next several years in school, then, probably on into early adulthood.
Well, one evening, he stepped off the school bus, and asked, straight up, exactly how to deal with that bully. "What, you're going to put a stop to it?" "Yes, I've had it with that being beat up."
"Alright - here's what you do. At recess, you place yourself somewhere that you know he will be. And, you keep your mouth shut. Just be there. Don't taunt him, don't threaten him, don't touch him, don't do anything, and KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT! Wait for him to approach you, wait for him to run his mouth. You know at some point, he'll take a swing, or push you, or something. You KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT all the while, no matter how long it takes. Then, when he reaches out to touch you, you bend down, like I've showed you, flex those thigh and leg muscles, then come back up and BREAK HIS FUCKING NOSE!! Then, you KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT and wait for the teachers to show up."
He asks, "But won't I get in trouble?"
"Well, boy, you're already in trouble, aren't you?"
"But, I'm not in trouble with the teachers."
"The worst thing the teachers can do, is suspend you, or get Mr. Click to give you a swat for fighting. Does it hurt worse when Mr. Click swats your ass, or this little asshole punches you in the head?"
(Yes, corporal punishment was still in use, here in Backwoods, Nowhere, when my sons were in elementary school.)
That last question settled the issue for my son. He failed to break the kid's nose, but it was a fine bloody mess. He rolled around on the ground for a good long while, screaming bloody murder.
Within the week, the bully came to my son, and asked him why it took so long for my son to fight back, and wanted to know what made him finally fight back. The boys developed a freindship that lasted through junior high school, when the former bully moved to another state.
It works. You inflict some pain on a bully, and he WILL stop bullying you. But, you can't be a panty waist, and give him a little bitch slap - you've got to make it HURT!
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