Why do kids bully?

[appletrees]

Here is what an aggressive bully often looks like: He doesn't know how to get along with other kids, so he's usually not trying to play with them. When you look out on the playground at recess, he's probably alone. He's not playing soccer or kickball with the other children; he’s roaming around the perimeter of all the interactions that take place at school on a daily basis. And whenever he's confronted with a problem or feels insecure, he takes that out on somebody else. He does this by putting somebody else down verbally or physically. A child who bullies might also throw or break things in order to feel better and more powerful about himself. When the bully feels powerless and afraid, he's much more likely to be aggressive, because that makes him feel powerful and in control. That’s a very seductive kind of thing for kids; it’s very hard for them to let go of that power.

 

[greenaccord02]

Interesting first post. Welcome.

 

[wantin150]

Wow! This one came back. My neighbors son is no longer in school. His mother home schools him and he has someone from the school come to the house everyday now for extra lessons. He is on anti-seizure medication and will be for some time to come. Not one of the other students stood up and confirmed his story, even though it was said that there were plenty of witnesses.

 

[ionbeam22]

Originally Posted By: wantin150
As with any and ALL professions, there are bad apples. However, there are MANY, MANY, more good officers.


So how come I never meet these nice people at a traffic stop? Usually they have a bad attitude and want money.

If it was really about "service" then why is anything other than a verbal/written warning needed?

Heck in Massachusetts it was a minor scandal when the Massachusetts turnpike authority highway authority raised its projected "revenue" from "traffic fines" by $2.3M to cover a budget shortfall. Same deal in Malden. It's all a big racket and the cops are the bagmen.

http://www.motorists.org/ma/home.html

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/02/08/slow_recession_ahead/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490629,00.html

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If you take Smedley Butler USMC (2x MoH) famous speach "War is a racket" and replace war with "law enforcement" it reads just as well.

http://www.fas.org/man/smedley.htm

 

[nthach]

IMO, the teenage years are Hollister, Ritalin, testosterone, estrogen and MTV fueled years of angst. Think of it like dousing a fire in nitro or gasoline.

 

[greenaccord02]

I'll never forget being 17. I think that was one of the best years of my life. ...But the other teenage years were pretty bad.

 

[wantin150]

OK. I'm not even going to bother to read the links. So why did you get stopped? Had to have had a reason or did they just pull you to fleece you? I am SO sick of hearing about this and that that someone didn't do and got stopped for no reason whatsoever. In SC, the Highway Patrol doesn't see a penny of the money from a traffic stop. Most of the money went to the courts and the rest to the COUNTY in which the stop was made.

The whole point of the thread was to bring the issue of bullying to light, not bash the police. Stay on topic or get out of the conversation.