No More Fears: Why Should Parents Force Schools To Have A Mandatory Program Against Bullying

I lost my sleep the other night when I read the story of a 7th grade boy in Dehradun who was reportedly killed by his superiors. Most of the people around me, including myself, did not even have the courage to read the details of the bloody report. A 12-year-old boy who was stripped naked, beat him mercilessly and fed him with toilet water until he died.

This is a form of extreme physical harassment that then led to death. There are many different forms of bullying that prevail around us and persist throughout our lives. They may not lead to death, but they may cause something to die within you.

Almost everyone has been intimidated at some time in their lives.

Some abused, others mocking, others shamed, others excluded with the group, others abused verbally, others harassed by colleagues without any reason. Let's never tell our children that it's okay and it's part of life. Raise them to be educated and sensitized enough to understand this as a right to human rights, from childhood.

Bullying heals the victims for life.

"An incident of intimidation can scare a person for life," Dr. Samir Parikh explained. I catch up with him very often to work on mental health awareness. He also explained in this context that intimidation entails aggressive behavior that implies an imbalance of real or perceived power. Let's see the keywords here. Unwanted - that is unacceptable. Aggression: that is one person who dominates another. The next is an imbalance of real or perceived power, which basically means that the victim feels insecure, inferior, and helpless.

Dr. Parikh helped me understand the triangle of intimidation that includes the harasser, the victim and the viewer. The harasser is an individual, who is becoming aggressive to feel better about him, lacks empathy and, if not corrected, can continue this as an adult as well. Therefore, it is important to have a medical intervention for both the harasser and the victim.

The victim, on the other hand, can go through depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bad relationships, low academic scores, lack of self-esteem and a whole series of problems. Therefore, it is important not to blame the victim.

Then comes the viewer. These are people who see the act of bullying, but do not intervene. This is one of the reasons why bullying does not stop. It is a form of passive acceptance.

Now that the triangle of intimidation is clear, let's evaluate how global bullying has been defined.

By: Preeti Narula

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