Children as Victims Part II
By soccio97
@soccio97 (39)
United States
January 12, 2007 5:47pm CST
I had numerous responses to my original discussion "Children as Victims". Many of you asked questions about the relaiability of the numbers. The original study was done at the University of New Hampshire and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was titled " The Victimization of Children and Youth: A Comprehensive, National Survey. The original study was 25 pages long as published and went into much greater detail than I did in my discussion.
If you are interested I go into much more dtail at http://childvictims.blogspot.com/
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@SunlightSwoon (1060)
• United States
14 Jan 07
The old folks had a saying 'it takes a village to raise a child', and that is absolutely true. If we know something
is just not right, that a child may be the victim of neglect or abuse call a hotline. It is impossible that a teacher is not aware of a child being bullied in a classroom,this is not a small matter, this is something that each teacher needs to address. When we attend the school meetings we should address that topic, make it known that we support a '0' tolerance for bullying anywhere on the school property, we parents have to start demanding this. Why should any child be terrified of school? We also need to start spending more time with our children.I just recently found out that kids are taking 'bullying' to the next level and that next level is called 'Cyber Bullying', and for those that don't know about it, it is using the internet to spread their venom. The only solution that I can see for any of this is for us adults to take action. We are the children's guardians, every adult has this responsibilty, we are their only hope...SS
@soccio97 (39)
• United States
15 Jan 07
You've hit the nail on the head. WE, that is adults, need to be involved and pay more attention to what is going on around us. People often see things happening and just blow it off as none of thir business. When something seems out of place we need to tell someone even if it turns out to be nothing. Better safe than sorry. You are also correct about parents spending time with their children. I hate this new thing people have of shipping their kids off to daycare centers as young as possible. I've seen a report on TV of parents doing this for no better reason than they wanted the time alone to play video games. When my Grandson comes over I spend every minute (those that my wife lets me have) with him. He is only 2 but I want him to know that no matter what happens Ello (that's what he calls me) will always be there for him.
