Bullying Not Just For Kids

Posted by ghirly | 12:17 AM

By Sandy Hunter


A lot of reports within the past year has centered on the threat of bullies at school and on social media sites. Many people feel it is a dilemma that only is affecting youth, however assumption is wrong. Residential communities composed of senior aged citizens have their own difficulties with bullying as well.

Little Groups with Power

In high school it always looks like a small group of students wield an incredible quantity of power or even influence within the rest of the school. It is identical with such residential conveniences. Documented cases demonstrate that a community with over 1,000 individuals is threatened by a small number of 10 or perhaps 12 people. These people dominate the social activities such as card games or luncheons as well as exclude anyone that does not participate in the "group." The "power" group may chat over tea regarding their planned routines and basically disregard the other residents.

Troubles Catching People Within the Act

In college it seemed that the teachers and also administrators were often powerless to assist the affected students. Without any evidence, or maybe actually witnessing the bullies in a few act of violence, it looked impossible to impose any kind of penalty. With the older citizens the difficulties are precisely the same. Unless the appropriate officials actually see one person or a group threatening someone else, it is really a matter of one person's declaration vs another.

More Problems with Viable Solutions

In high school parents will always be telling the afflicted child to "just ignore the bully" and they're going to eventually go away. Some folks even recommend reaching out to develop new friendships to prevent the feeling of exclusion. Nonetheless, this process is not always possible in some senior citizen facilities. Quite a few of the living arrangements are small. The solely interaction the people have is with the other people residing in the building. Ignoring everyone would not be an easy action to take.

Online Options

Although it does not completely solve the problem, there are some online alternatives to help people discover new friends making connections. The boom in social networking sites is a great way to maintain up to date with family and friends, whether they reside in the same town or around the globe. Chat rooms exist on several sites that will give people ways to have a private connection without permitting everyone online start to see the details of the discussion. Most social media sites have different groups based around a common these so that anyone will find a group to their liking.




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