Bullies Do Exist.

Don't pick on my son... he's too big of a wimp to handle it.

Bullying is not the problem. The problem is that we have stopped teaching our children how to stand up for themselves. We have stopped teaching them to be strong, to right their own wrongs, to be better than their bullies and build character through their tormenting. We now treat the younger generations as babies even through their teen-hood. The children have become unable and unwilling to fight their own battles. Instead of standing up to a bully like I, and the rest of my generation, had been taught, these kids break under the pressure and give up – they quit without a fight.

Bullying is not the problem. The problem is that our children have become weak. The anti-bullying seminars are not going to help fix this problem either. You see, bullying will always exist. There will always be that group of kids that feel the need to show their dominance over the other children. There will always be that group of kids that falls victim to the tormenting. The anti-bullying seminars will not rewire the minds of any of these children. We cannot reformat the natural framework of the human mind – our youth will continue to feel the need for dominance, fall somewhere in between, or fall short. Without this standard make-up – that is to say if all kids were to fall “somewhere in between” – our world would be extremely boring as no one would be shaped by the mishaps of their youth.

Bullying is not the problem. The problem is that we as parents have lost faith in our children. We do not trust our kids to make good decisions. We do not trust our kids to learn from their own mistakes. We all try so hard to shield our children from suffering from the same mistakes we did, yet we forget that those mistakes have made us the strong adults we are today. We cannot prevent our children from making mistakes in this world. All we can do is teach them, show them, believe in them to learn from their mistakes and build character with each and every curveball this world throws their way. Our children need to be reminded on how to think for themselves. They need to learn that every single thing that happens in their day affects who they will become years down the line. They need to understand that they are responsible for their own lives. We cannot baby them any longer. We cannot protect them from the world we see before us. We can only educate them on how to take care of themselves should things go awry in their lives.