As a person who was bullied in my younger years, and never really had any idea how to cope with it, I can truly relate to the video posted below. This man speaks out to an entire generation of kids who were considered too weak to act up, but it was not by a lack of courage, more likely by a lack of confidence. This lack of confidence is created by a feeling of non-importance to the whole world. Truly, an act of indifference (from the "bullies") to the fact that being bullied, in high school, can lead to suicidal behavior and other harsh thoughts in the following years, when social identity is to be developed and embraced.
What seems to be affecting society can be associated with ways of denials explained in Sykes and Matza's neutralization theory, such as denial of responsibility, where people claim they are not responsible to what is happening to kids; denial of injury, where society does not seem to understand bullying as a problem and possibly a condemnation of the condemners, where teachers (or any type of school authority) are being put the blame on by the government while asking the government to act up against this common problem. Tossing around the problem, instead of truly focusing on it, encourages the problem to exist, instead of helping to stop it.
To this day, I still believe that kids are being called up names, and they are. This is why we should focus more on the facts, the reality, and on trying to understand why it happens, as it will always happen, it's a normal course of life, even if it's very sad to say. We need, as a community, to take more steps towards helping society understand the huge consequences that bullying as on modern society.
The following video thoroughly explains what millions of kids go through each day, and the years after. It's an initiative taken by Shane Koyczan, called To This Day project. You can watch the video below :
if you want more information regarding To This Day Project, you can do this at here
