The teenage \u201cbullying\u201d discussion is so disgusting it\u2019s hard to write about. It reveals how depraved, cruel, uncaring \u2013 and yes, bullying \u2013 today\u2019s authorities are in indulging smug hate speech toward young people to cover up their own derelictions.<\/p>\n
The definitive\u00a0Centers for Disease Control surveys<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the ones everyone cites \u2013 show, FIVE SIXTHS of teenagers cyberbullied and school bullied (presumably by peers) are ALSO BULLIED AND ABUSED AT HOME BY PARENTS AND ADULTS. (I apologize for caps in this posting, but the whole subterfuge surrounding abuse, bullying, and official cruelty to young people is enraging.)<\/p>\n Five-sixths!<\/em><\/p>\n Let that sink in:\u00a0adult bullying and peer bullying are the same thing<\/em>, except that adult bullying at home is far more widespread and serious.<\/p>\n Bullying at home<\/a>\u00a0creates angry, aggressive youth likely to become bullies themselves, along with passive youth whose defensive behaviors attract larger-world bullying from the fraction of youths and grownups in larger society with mentalities like their parents\u2019.<\/p>\n Yet, NOT ONE \u201canti-bullying\u201d or anti-social-media loudmouth mentions these absolutely crucial facts.<\/p>\n America\u2019s official bullying toward youth is easily documented<\/strong><\/p>\n The CDC\u2019s\u00a02021 survey<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 the first to ask about parental abuses \u2013 found 55% of teens reported violent or emotional abuse by parents in the past year, 14% had been cyberbullied, and 13% had been bullied at school.<\/p>\n Two years later, the CDC\u2019s more detailed\u00a02023 survey<\/a>\u00a0reported that 62% of the 20,000 teens age 13-18 surveyed reported being violently and\/or emotionally abused (bullied) by parents and adults in their homes, 18% had been cyberbullied and 20% had been bullied at school, reflecting post-COVID school reopenings.<\/p>\n Experts know the readily available facts I present here. You don\u2019t have to download the entire data set or file a FOIA petition. Just look at the posted summaries in the CDC\u2019s\u00a0Data Users\u2019 Guides<\/em>\u00a0for\u00a02021<\/a>\u00a0(questions 24, 92, 105) and\u00a02023<\/a>\u00a0(questions 24, 25, 89).<\/p>\n Yet, authorities are not just silent on these tragic realities; they sustain a blame-the-victim mob mentality.<\/p>\n These are cataclysmic findings\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2026 for the decades long hullaballoo over \u201cbullying,\u201d which interests such as\u00a0NAPAB<\/a>,\u00a0SOB<\/a>,\u00a0SB<\/a>,\u00a0ABAlliance<\/a>, and a raft of media-sycophant reporters and pundits wildly deplore. I refuse to spell out the sappy names these entities flatter themselves with. They are not \u201canti-bullying.\u201d They profit from lying about bullying.<\/p>\n The last phony interest defines \u201cbullying\u2026 as the repetitive, intentional harm inflicted by one person or group on another, involving a power imbalance.\u201d Then these entities, aped by mental health professionals and political leaders, blame bullying ENTIRELY on youths. The\u00a0US Department of Education<\/a>\u00a0defines bullying as ONLY occurring among \u201cschool-age children.\u201d<\/p>\n By their own definition, \u201canti-bullying\u201d entities are bullies themselves, exploiting their adult institutional power to harm powerless children and teenagers by stigmatizing young age groups. They bully teens in the name of teaching that bullying is bad.<\/p>\n Journalist\/podcaster\u00a0Anya Kamenetz<\/a>\u00a0writes: \u201cThe greatest threat to children and teens isn\u2019t social media. It\u2019s adults<\/a>.\u201d Not just by adults at home, but just as much by mental health professionals and interest groups, I would add.<\/p>\n That parents and household adults are 3 to 4 times more likely than other teens to bully teenagers is now ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN for anyone who wants to participate in the official debate to mention. This level of dereliction and cruelty among so-called political leaders, professionals, and advocacy groups flabbergasts me.<\/p>\n It gets worse<\/strong><\/p>\n Bullyings tragically compound. Table 1 shows graphically how\u00a0being bullied online and at school escalate rapidly as a teen is bullied at home by parents\/adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n The table is based on the level and severity of violent abuse, emotional abuse, other household violence, drug\/alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, and criminal behavior parents and household adults impose on children and teens.<\/p>\n Table 1. Nearly all cyberbullied and school-bullied teens are also abused by parents and adults at home.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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