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Discussion: Your initial discussion thread is due and you have to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.

Bullying

Prior to completing this discussion, please read Section 15.5 in your textbook and the Parental Characteristics Associated with Bullying Perpetration in US Children Aged 10 to 17 Years article, and watch the Bullying exerts psychiatric effects into adulthood Also, review the information from Chapter 1 about Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory and the Understanding Bullying fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention site. At least two of these sources should be cited in your original post.

Utilize Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory to address the topic of motivations for and influences on bullying. In your initial post of a minimum of 300 words, complete the following:

1. Using each of the five systems in Bronfenbrenner's theory, describe how a child's environment (including family, school, and community) might predispose the child to bullying.

• For example, within a person's microsystem are the parents. How might parents be an influencing factor on whether or not a child is prone to bullying?

2. Find and report (with proper citation) one current statistic on the factors influencing school bullying behaviors. Does this statistic seem to follow the same trend supported by Bronfenbrenner's theory? If not, explain how it challenges the theory.

3. Finally, provide one unique solution to reduce or completely end bullying.

Guided Response: Review your peers' posts and respond to at least two of your peers in substantive posts of at least 100 words each. In your responses, consider and comment on the probability and logistics of your classmate's bullying solution. Provide additional unique insights to either the causes or prevention of bullying behaviors based on information from the textbook or the Shetgiri, Lin, Avila, and Flores (2012) article, and/or ask further questions about their response to encourage them to think of different points of view and reflect on their statements in another way. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion forum. Continue to monitor the discussion forum, and respond with robust dialogue to anyone who replies to your initial post.