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1.) Dalton, R., & Wilkins, V. (2011, October 28). The way to really stop school bullying: student mentors. // Christian Science Monitor //. p. N.PAG.

Dalton and Wilkins examine an abundant amount of statistics regarding bullying and how it affects the child and the bully themselves. They talk about how the suicide rate is rising in kids and what aspects of a child's life bullying affects. In addition to looking at the victim, Dalton and Wilkins look into how the bully actually is affected and what causes their harsh and cruel acts and words as well. The two authors express that a teen or child being bullied will have lower grades and because of fear will often miss school. They interviewed kids and teachers at a middle school and noticed that bullying intervention and aid with the victims is on the rise due to the commonness and prevalence of bullying in schools in America.

The idea and focus brought about in this article on children who are bullied shows what part of their lives are affected by the mental or physical abuse. The constant bullying towards one child is enough to make their self-esteem drop to incredible numbers. Because of this, their performance in school will be substantially worse than the others students in his/her grade or class. Fear will arise because of the bully and excuses to miss school will eventually add up and affect the child's possible chance of graduating. Problems brought about in a teen or child's youth years from being harassed and bullied could potentially follow them throughout their whole life.

2.) Fox, C. L., Elder, T., Gater, J., & Johnson, E. (2010). The association between adolescents' beliefs in a just world and their attitudes to victims of bullying. // British Journal Of Educational Psychology //, // 80 //(2), 183-198.

The writers in this article's main approach was to discuss the views and feelings of children and teens on the topic of bullying in a "just world". The children for the most part had sympathy for the victims while a small minority of the kids admired the bully and failed to show sympathy and emotion towards the victim that was being bullied. For the most part, the writers explain that the attitudes of the children depend on the environment that they're surrounded in.

The children in this study that felt sympathy for the kids that were bullied and showed emotion towards it were proven to have high self-esteem and positive attitudes. This shows that the children who are confident and in a positive home and environment throughout their life and school will not bully another child or student. The kids that tended to have a lower self esteem level and were found to be quite negative were the ones to admire the bully and his/her ways. This data shows what type of children tend to be the bullies and based off of that one can determine why they became that way towards others. Their lack of confidence that they have within themselves leads them to hurt and be mean to others to make the bully feel better about themselves.

3.) Good, C. P., McIntosh, K., & Gietz, C. (2011). Integrating Bullying Prevention Into Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support.// Teaching Exceptional Children //, // 44 //(1), 48-56.

Their approach throughout this article is to show the repercussions of bullying and how it affects the child being bullied. They state many different examples of how it can affect the person which then affects their school and their school work. Many different statistics about being bullied and knowing someone that has been bullied are given throughout the text to show how much of a growing problem it is now becoming. Because of this, many more students are dealing with the problems kids tend to face once being the victim of bulling.

Students that tend to be victims of a bully isolate themselves from friends and peers in their school. They avoid school with the fear of being bullied. Children's social and and emotional well-being is greatly at risk and most of the times greatly affected. This affects their performance in school and tend to struggle to graduate. They suggest that children with learning, emotional, and/or physical disabilities are more likely to be bullied by their peers. Because of this they are more likely to experience more severe and serious forms of victimization resulting in greatly affected social and personal aspects.

4.) Espelage, D. (2002). Bullying in early adolescence: The role of the peer group. . //ERIC Digest.//, 1-7.

In this article, Espelage discusses the reasoning behind why kids begin to get bullied. She claims kids turn to their peers and friends as they get older for advice and to talk about their feelings and problems. However, because the children rely on their friends for their support, the pressure to maintain the same social status as their friends becomes more and more important. Dorothy Espelage believes the pressure to gain acceptance and approval leads to bullying. Because of this, it shows the superiority over other students, peers, and friends.

Kids at times feel that they need to do anything and everything to get certain people to like them or fit in with kids in their grade. Because of this, kids will feel as if others are more superior than they are. This will affect them with interactions with anyone for years after. Constant feelings of lowered self-worth and self-esteem will fill their heads and feelings. This will lead them to become the victims of bullies. Weak and not confident kids are the prime victims for bullies to bother mentally and physically, making their feelings about themselves even worse.

5.) Bennett, J. (2010, October 01). Is the 'bullying epidemic' a media myth?. //Newsweek//, Retrieved from http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/10/01/is-the-bullying-epidemic-a-media-myth.html

The author of this article discusses various instances of teen suicide due to bullying involving more than one reason. Bennett talks about what it takes for suicide to be the only option and gives the reasons why the teen thought this way. Taunting and harassment due to gender preferences proved to be the most prevalent within the stories given throughout the article. All of the victims had had too much of the mental and physical abuse that suicide to them felt like the right choice and the way to end the bullying.

The damage that bullying does to the kid not only affects them but it affects the people around them as well. The thought of suicide reveals that the child has hit an all time low with self-esteem and with confidence in themselves. Their outlook on life is so damaged and ruined that they feel the need to end it. Bullying affects all children differently but the rise in suicide rates with kids and teens proves that bullying is getting worse and affecting kids more and more harshly than ever before. Victims feel weaker and weaker each time they are abused, pushing them to at times the thought or actual action of killing themselves and ending it all when they can no longer take it.