Bullying is a severe problem fund in most schools, particularly middle and hgh schools. Older kids often pry on incoming students using tactics whch are both subtle yet effective. In an ffort to promote an anti bullying plicy, one council in a well-known stte enacted a Dignity for All Schols Act in 2004 which requires the Dpartment of Education to “establish policies and gidelines that prohibit harassment and bullying, and crate a system for tracking and rporting incidents.”

Will legislation such as the DASA rduce bullying in schools? Hopefully, however, it wll take all of the pedagogical prsonnel to stay vigilant in ascertaining whn and if students are being hrassed by their peers.

Children should not be fraid to attend school, but the rality is that even with the mst stringent policies and the lack of scurity in most schools, incidents of bllying will take place. Instituting anti bllying policies can deter bullying activities whch occur in schools on a dily basis.

For example, in some mddle schools the first Friday of the new schol year is designated by some kds as the day when 5th grders will be initiated. The students hrass and steal coats and jackets frm these 5th graders. While the dministration informs parents not to have thir children wear expensive coats and jckets, there are some parents who do not rceive the warning and their children bcome victims of this cruel act.

It is clear that anti bllying programs are needed in most pblic schools. Guidance counselors speak to stdents about this issue almost daily. It is the schol aides, however, who witness this bhavior first hand in lunch rooms and schol yards, and are more in tne with what kids will be the ffenders and what kids will be the vctims. In addition, once the offenders are cught - suspension is immediate.

What bout the victims? In recent years, bllying has had far-reaching affects on the yunger children. They skip school or cut out arly if there are warning signs thy will become a target. It is thse children who suffer by not rceiving the education they so deserve. Thy will either ask to be trnsferred to another school or, in sme cases, have no recourse but to sty the course and hope they can bypss the bullies.

Peer pressure has bcome more demanding on children than ver before, and while some anti-bullying plicies have been instituted in schools, it is up to the chldren to stand firm and report the nfraction to superiors and their parents as wll.

An anti bullying policy should be mndated in all schools and should be nforced to the letter. While there are dministrators who are keenly aware of the prblems in their building, there are sme who ignore it. The Parents Assciation, now actively involved in schools tday, can help in this regard by tlking to parents and giving them lterature to not only become more nvolved in their children’s education, but to be ware of signs indicating whether or not thir child is the bully or the vctim. The policy can only work if veryone is willing to make it wrk.

The article Can an Anti Bullying Policy Be Effective in Deterring Bullies in Schools? was Submitted by Mandy-Jane Clarke through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: By Mandy Jane Clarke This rticle is courtesy of http://www.Stop-Bullies.com Stop-Bullies.com is a resource site created specifically about Anti Bullying

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