6 Reasons Why Children Become Bullies

Last Updated on April 19, 2021

3. Revenge

Being a victim of bullying during childhood can have a devastating impact during a critical mental and emotional development stage. One of the possible outcomes of this abuse is to turn the victim into an aggressor. That’s right; children may become bullies out of revenge. The term bully-victims is used to describe people who bully and are bullied or have been bullied in the past. One would expect that a child who knows how horrible it is to be a victim of bullying would never inflict similar pain on another child, but that’s not that simple. Bully-victims believe their actions as an aggressor are justified and use abuse as a way to regain power. As a parent, you must do eveyrthing that you can to make your children trust you entirely and tell you if they are being abused in any way – and never, ever ignore or downplay their feelings.

4. Peer pressure

The social circle in which we are inserted (or what we want to be part of) makes us prone to adopt certain behaviors that we wouldn’t otherwise have. This direct influence on an individual to change his behavior or values to conform to a larger group or a very popular individual is known as peer pressure. This phenomenon has been widely studied over the past few years and is believed to contribute to a number of issues such as drug abuse and bullying. Children are highly vulnerable and influenceable. When they begin to define their social groups, it is normal for some of them to adopt certain behaviors and accept certain values established by the most influential members of that group. If the group as a whole begins to bully a child outside the group (or even a more fragile member within the group, as it often happens), the group members who had no predisposition to become bullies might be peer pressured into committing bullying acts.

5. Draw attention

Love, attention, and affection are essential things that all children need to have in their lives to grow and develop as social beings. It’s also fundamental for good mental health. In some cases, becoming a bully is the desperate way a child feels invisible finds to draw attention or get approval.

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