The first solution I came across is that teachers in schools should be trained to notice kids getting bullied in schools. In some of the articles I'm using in this paper, they mention that teachers and staff of schools aren't trained in spotting kids getting bullied. If they were to spot kids getting bullied, they can step in and stop it. Also, they can get the parents into this when they contact them about what their child is doing. This is one of the pros of this proposed solution. But a con is that the teacher can't do anything once they stop it. What I mean is that they can't give them a punishment. All they can do is tell them to stop and not to do it again. This cycle will most likely repeat and repeat. The appeal to this solution is to the parents know that their child is being protected from bullying and the teachers are helping the problem with bullying. I don't think anybody will object to this because it's probably a good idea. Teachers are helping with the bullying problem by seeing it and intervening and stopping it.
The next solution is to talk with the kids who are getting bullied a lot. Yes there are anti-bullying programs to help with bullying, but the kids who keep getting bullied have dangerous thoughts that can affect their lives. For example, killing themselves. This is one of the strong examples about an effect of bullying. What parents and other people, like school staff, should really talk to the child getting bullied. They should checkup on them daily and see how they are doing. Parents should also do this as well. Doing this will probably decrease these thoughts in the children getting bullied. This is a pro about this solution. But a con is that the child may not listen because of all these interventions and may do an action that is unnecessary. Also, none of this may even work and the child may think all of this is useless. The appeal to this solution is that parents should think about trying this and see if it works. One objection to this is the time of day. On some days, parents and teachers could be busy and end up that one day, they don't talk to the child. Something can probably happen to him/her during that one day.
The last solution is that parents should monitor what websites their child goes on with chat-rooms. If their child does get bullied, they should probably do this. This brings up the concept of cyber bullying. What parents need to do is look at the websites their child goes to and see what is being talked about on the website and if there is any bullying involved. If they find something that they think bullying can happen on the website, they should block it and move on. Why? Because once something is said on the internet, it will stay there forever. This will help control the cyber bullying problem that can happen. This is a pro. A con is that the child may find a way to unblock it (depending on the age) and use it and the parents may never know. They could get bullied and something bad can happen and the parents will never know. The appeal is that parents should watch what websites their child goes on and make sure they aren't getting bullied. An objection to this proposal is that it's interfering with the child's freedom to go on websites they want to go on. They don't understand that they are trying to help them.
These are three possible solutions to the I came across in my argument of fact for my topic bullying.
