The classic movie The Christmas Story from 1983 demonstrates in my opinion the most typical case of bullying among children. Throughout this movie it shows scenes demonstrating Ralphie, Randy, Flick, and Schwartz all being bullied going to and from school by two boys. The mean boys endlessly called the four boys names and threatened them. All four boys at one point or another were experiencing physical, verbal and emotional bullying. Clearly, this bullying struck fear into these boys as they fled at the mere sight of the two mean boys. Although, this movie expresses bullying in a comical manner realistically close to half of all children will experience school bullying at some point while they are at primary or secondary school according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. And at least 10 percent of children are bullied regularly. Boys are more likely to use physical threats as a strategy in their bullying. They like to force others to do what they want and gain power from a situation by physical intimidation.
The movie Mean Girls from 2004 displays more of the verbal and emotional forms of bullying that so commonly affect girls. Although, this movie targets high school girls, these forms of bullying do not only occur during high school surprisingly. I have discussed this many many times with my friends and family. Girls put way more thought into fights, getting back at one another, etc. Overall girls are WAY more emotional than boys and take things more personally. According to the 2009 bullying statistics at www.bullyingstatistics.org their study showed that female and white students reported the most incidents of being the victims of bullying.
Child Bullying should not be taken lightly as it can cause serious depression, physical harm, or even death. Everyone should be aware of child bullying and the affects it could have on future generations to come.
STOP BULLYING.
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