Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.
About 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.
17% of students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more in a school semester.
1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4% of the time.
Over 67% of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying
By age 14 less than 40% of girls and 30% of boys will talk to their peers about bullying
71% of students report bullying as a problem at their school.
90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying.
What is Bullying?
Bullying is any overt act(s) by an individual or group of students directed against another student(s) with the intent to humiliate, harass, or intimidate, the other person.
There are two types of bullying:
Direct: When the bully confronts the victim face to face.
Indirect: When the bully acts behind the victim’s back.
Further, bullying can be divided into 3 categories:
Physical Bullying: It includes hitting or kicking the victim, taking or damaging the victim’s property, pushing, stealing, hiding somebody’s property, making somebody do something they don’t want to do.
Verbal Bullying: Verbal bullies use words to hurt or humiliate another person. Verbal bullying includes name-calling, insulting, making racist comments, and constant teasing.
Emotional/Social Bullying: Spreading rumors, excluding in games, and talking behind others back, refusing to talk to someone. Spreading lies and rumors about someone. Making somebody felt left out or rejected.
All forms of bullying involve a power imbalance between Bully and Victim which can be size, number, status, and more.
