Bullying In Young Adolescent Brains: Article Analysis

Due to the lack of responsibilities that is indulged in the young adolescent brains, adults should be held accountable for their actions. In the article by, Marlo Thomas, she then discussed about an epidemic that is circling around New York City which deals with bullying. Bullying has gotten out of hand in today’s society where elderlies like Karen Klein are now being targeted by young kids. From Marlo’s point of view stating that, “It is the responsibility of parents and guardians to help bring an end to bullying”, I agree with her comments that adults should be held responsible in order to put it to rest. In my opinion, bullying can take a toll on someones self esteem, academics, and tend to become more suicidal.

Bullying not only is an atrocious act towards someone, but can lead with the target’s self esteem diminishing as days go by. With the effects of bullying, not only it will damage the person’s confidence, but will also make them more depressed and can change their daily lives drastically. Meaning, what they use to find interesting can be meaningless and not deliver the same passion they use to give before the incident. In order to prevent this from happening, guardians should tolerate their kids to act when someone is being bullied and to step up from the
But, if we were able to prevent this from happening, then we could see improvements in the risk factors of bullying. If adults were able to teach their kids about bullying, then the situation with Karen Klein could be stopped instead of witnessing an elderly person being told she’s fat, ugly and etc. To wrap everything up, if we were to respect elderlies, and stop bullying them, then we too, as young adults, and children should stop bullying each other and work as a cohesive group in order to prevent bullying from