Education:
Silence Bullies supports
educational programs for low-income, disadvantaged children, and ALL young people.
Bullying in Numbers:
Over 67% of students
believe schools respond poorly to bullying.
71% of students report
incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.
90% of 4th through 8th
graders report being victims.
1 in 10 students drop
out of school because of repeated bullying.
168,000 school
children miss school yearly due to bullying.
For Health and Safety
Professionals: Bullying Prevention and Intervention
Health and safety
professionals and volunteers are disturbed about the physical and psychosocial
harm experienced by many youths as a result of bullying by their peers. Bullying
among children is aggressive behavior that is persistent, intentional and
involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying can take many forms such
as: hitting or punching (physical bullying); teasing or name-calling (verbal
bullying); intimidation through gestures or social exclusion (nonverbal
bullying or emotional bullying); and sending insulting messages by e-mail (cyberbullying). There is no one single cause of bullying among
children. Rather, individual, family, peer, school, and community factors can
place a young person at risk for bullying his or her peers.
Effects Of Bullying
Bullying can be a sign of
other serious antisocial and/or violent behavior. Youth who frequently bully
their peers are more likely than others to:
·
Get into frequent fights
·
Be injured in a fight
·
Vandalize property
·
Steal property
·
Smoke
·
Use illicit substances
·
Be truant from school
·
Drop out of school
·
Carry
a weapon
Youth who are the targets of bullying behavior may
exhibit signs of:
·
Lower self-esteem
·
Feelings of fear
·
School phobia and
absenteeism
·
Nightmares and
sleeplessness
·
Depression and anxiety
Thoughts of suicide
Research that looks at
the full range of bullying behaviors is finding that the incidence of bullying
in the United States is widespread and its consequences more enduring than
suspected. In a nationally representative survey of school children, nearly 30 percent
reported moderate and more frequent involvement in having been bullied, in
bullying or both within the school year. Whether they are perpetrators or
targets of bullying, these children face difficulties adjusting to their
environments, socially and emotionally.
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