Children Victims Of Allergies , Victims Of Bulling Too?

There are many issues and problems regarding allergies and medication; there are certain precautions people must take to ensure that the people they love and care about are safe from the harm of allergies. Even with these precautions, one can never be sure that they are out of harm's way and bulling for these allergies is not a helping factor. Recently on parentcentral.ca, an ignored  topic  was brought into the public's eye, something that was not talked about before; Children with allergies bullied about condition.

No matter the degree of the flaw, people are bullied  sometimes for issues that they can control others that they cannot and being bullied because of matters out of their own hands is something completely immoral. Pears who are doing this bulling may say they did not do it knowingly even if it is not the truth and they should be ashamed because allergies it is not a choice but more of a existing condition. Bullies that take advantage of others and make fun of them should just understand and accept that if it were possible the bullied would choose to depart with the allergy over having it.

Now not only are people bullied because of their allergy but also for the medication they have to carry around. Making fun of someone for their allergies that may put them in danger is one thing but making fun of someone for a device or medication that may save their life is an eye goggling low. People who mock something as an epi- pen because of how it looks are dreadful. The epi-pen or medication is not made to look nice but for one purpose; in case it is needed to save someone’s life. Harassment triggered by medication carriers is a very serious issue because if someone is bullied so much they might eventually refuse to carry the medicati and if an emergency comes and they are in need of it that the absence of medication would be a huge safety issue.

 Others may make the harassment worse accidentally. For example in the article it gives a model situation; ‘It’s Johnny’s birthday today, but we’re not going to be having birthday cake because Jennifer has a milk and peanut allergy, instead we’re going to have fruit.’ This may have been said just to inform others but may actually add to the problem. By the teacher telling the class about ‘Jennifer’s’ allergies it may make her feel guilty and get her in trouble with the other kids. People must be more careful what they say even of it is not meant to be hurtful.

Bullies find  the slightest flaws to harass someone and  they exaggerate it and create a bigger problem. For example, in the article kids claimed they were told that the school water fountain had been smeared with peanut butter to trigger an attack. Other children are harassed when the food is waved in their face. Parents and guardians need to make sure that they speak to their children about bullying and make sure that they know support is offered. This way the harassed will know they are not alone and it is not their fault.