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<blockquote data-quote="Sanford" data-source="post: 2914742" data-attributes="member: 27733"><p>That, IMHO, is the question that needs answered. This isn&#039;t one of those &quot;always been that way&quot; things, though I&#039;ll submit that there&#039;s always been bullying and kids who have been bullied. Has the bullying gotten more prevalent? Worse as a matter of degree? Both? I believe it&#039;s related to something else entirely, which is respect for others. Somewhere along the line society&#039;s norm seems to have changed from providing everyone a certain level of respect as a matter of courtesy to an attitude that respect has to be &quot;earned&quot; by whatever criteria we might wish to set individually. We don&#039;t seem to put any value on basic humanity any more and this leads to both increased bullying (or call it &quot;disrespect&quot; if you will) as well as decreased self-worth for those who are its targets. Just my opinion based on personal experience and observation of course; I&#039;m sure there&#039;s some sort of psychological mumbo-jumbo that says it&#039;s all wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Sanford, post: 2914742, member: 27733"] That, IMHO, is the question that needs answered. This isn't one of those "always been that way" things, though I'll submit that there's always been bullying and kids who have been bullied. Has the bullying gotten more prevalent? Worse as a matter of degree? Both? I believe it's related to something else entirely, which is respect for others. Somewhere along the line society's norm seems to have changed from providing everyone a certain level of respect as a matter of courtesy to an attitude that respect has to be "earned" by whatever criteria we might wish to set individually. We don't seem to put any value on basic humanity any more and this leads to both increased bullying (or call it "disrespect" if you will) as well as decreased self-worth for those who are its targets. Just my opinion based on personal experience and observation of course; I'm sure there's some sort of psychological mumbo-jumbo that says it's all wrong. [/QUOTE]

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