FACTS
- It is estimated that 1600,000 children miss school avery day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
- One out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.
- Girls bully in groups more than boys do.
- Bullied people are afraid to speak out even to their parents and teachers, they think that if they tell them it well get worse.
- Research shows that bullying can be effectively reduced when victimized children tell an adult, and persist in telling until their request for help is heard.
- Nearly 42% of kids have been bullied online.
* Nine out of ten middle school students have had their feelings hurt online.
- About 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails.
- 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
- 61% of students said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.
- Both bullies and their victims are more likely to drop out of school.
- A lack of adult supervision greatly increases a child's chances of becoming a bully.