Despite all the national headlines about school shootings and other violence, life has actually become a lot easier for American children, according to a new study. Instances in which children were the victims of crimes such as assaults or violence like bullying have declined significantly, according to the study. Researchers compared rates of 50 different types of violence and crime over time. Of those categories, 27 saw significant declines between 2003 and 2011.
Do you feel that you had an overall safe childhood? If so what type of things made you feel safe? Is bullying still prevalent in many schools? Have you experienced any instances of bullying and if so did you do anything about it?
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For the most part I do consider my childhood to have been very safe. Bullying is still prevalent in some schools and is doubtful to be something that will completely go away.
I would consider my childhood safe. I have never felt in danger at school but I think bullying is still fairly common even though it is said to have gone down.
I feel that I had a safe childhood. The community and people around me made it feel safe. Bullying is very prominent in schools, but has never really happened to me.
I feel like i did have a safe childhood at school. Everyone at one point or time faces bullying in their life so it can never be fully eradicated from life. My own cases i learned to just shake off and move on. its in the pass now so why dwell on it.
I had a safe childhood and it was because of my parents and how they look after me and for my best interest. I believe bullying is still prevalent and will always be, but the intesity of it is more how the person recieving the bullying takes it and reacts to it
I think I had a pretty safe childhood. My parents looked after me and made sure I wasn't doing anything that endangered me. I don't think bullying is an issue now in schools, but there is still social media.
I feel like that I've never had to worry about any danger because we live in such a good time. there is the occasional shooting and violence but its very rare now a days. I feel like bullying is not a big issue. Its horrible that it happens but there are worse things happening in the world.
I feel very safe in my environment and neighborhood because I live in a great area. Bullying is definitely still prevalent in schools as I have witnessed it myself. The only way to prevent bullying is too promote people being positive towards each other.
When I was younger, I unfortunately was the target of a lot of bullying, mostly due to my race and religion. Although i'm sure it is much better now, especially with the introduction of more minorities in areas like Placentia, bullying is still prevalent, even if it has been reduced. What I think definitely helps the problem of bullying are school-wide assemblies, such as one that I vividly remember attending in 7th grade. I think the most important part in addressing the problem of bullying is to make everyone aware that it is going on, because too often when someone is bullied, others simply ignore it, or even worse, join the bullies. Although bullying at a physical level has been reduced, a lot of it has been replaced by cyber bullying, which can be just as detrimental to mental health as regular verbal bullying, and can even have fatal consequences. I'm all for internet freedom, but I think that an important aspect of dealing with cyber bullying is educating parents about what their children are able to see and do on the internet. Schools could create seminars to educate parents on these issues, so that they can better understand the new cyber age that so many kids live in today.
MY childhood was safe. I feel like the majority of Americans do have a safe childhood, but it definitely depends on where you live/grew up, and how well your parents watch you, who your neighbors are, and a number of other factors. I felt my childhood was safe because I grew up in Roseville, California. My street was rather a circle, where not many cars passed through unless they lived there or they were lost. We knew and were friends with almost every one of our neighbors and we all looked after and cared for one another. As children we were allowed to play in the street because 9 times out of 10 someones parent was outside in the front yard to watch over everyone or all the parents would leave their front doors open, because our neighborhood was safe enough to do so. I feel bullying does happen, and probably more than I am actually aware of but I feel our perception of bullying is what we see in movies, taken to an extreme, I'm sure some instances of bullying are that bad but I feel the majority of it isn't as bad as the movies portray it to be. I have been bullied due to my last name (Seamans) but from being bullied I learned to make fun of my own last name before anyone else can and I realized having a stupid last name isn't the end of the world.. Or even a big deal at all. I think if you learn to not care about what others think of you or say to you then the bullying doesn't hurt as bad. Sometimes it will still hurt, but if you blow it off like it's not a big deal it will hurt less.
I think my childhood was very safe. I think that bullying is still very active, it's just in different forms now days with technology being at its prime. I think bullying will always be somewhere in everyone's childhood, whether minor or major. I personally feel safe within my high school and home.
I feel like my childhood was safe even though i didn't grow up in the safest community, my parents taught me right from wrong from a very early age so i knew what i was doing most of the time.
I feel that i had a safe childhood. I grew up in a safe neighborhood and the people around me mad me feel very safe and secure. I feel like bullying is not so much of an issue at schools anymore but it is more on social media and outside of school.
