Facts On Bullying:
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/facts-on-bullying.html
Bullying can happen anywhere. Many children and teens are regular victims of bullying, which can lead to serious emotional scarring and problems with the victim's self-esteem and self-image. Correcting these behaviors before they start or get out of hand are important for parents and educators to keep in mind. In this article we are discussing the facts on bullying and how you can watch for warning signs in victims of bullying as well as in children who might be bullies themselves.
Types of bullying:
Sources: mychildsafety.net, http://www.stopbullying.gov/
Types of bullying:
- Verbal. This type of bullying usually involves name calling and or teasing
- Social. Spreading rumors, intentionally leaving others out of activities on purpose, breaking up friendships are all examples of social bullying.
- Physical. This traditional form of bullying involves hitting, punching, shoving and other acts of intention physical harm.
- Cyberbullying. This method of bullying involves using the Internet, texting, email and other digital technologies to harm others.
- Imbalance of power. Typically those who engage in bully-like behaviors use their strength, popularity or power to harm, control or manipulate others. They will usually target those who are weaker in size or may have a difficult time defending themselves.
- Intent to cause harm. A bully is a person who does not do things by accident. The bully intends to physically or emotionally injure a person or group of persons.
- Repetition. Typically incidents of bullying are not a one-time thing. Bullies target the same person or group over and over again.
- Comes home with unexplained injuries or with damaged or missing clothing or other belongings
- Has change in eating habits
- Makes excuses not to go to school
- Has fewer friends
- Feels helpless
- Talks about suicide
- Acts out of character
- Avoids certain places or playing outside alone
- Feels like they are not good enough
- Has trouble sleeping
- Blames themselves for their problems
- Becomes frequently violent
- Has trouble controlling anger
- Is manipulative and controlling of others and situations
- Is quick to blame others
- Does not accept responsibility for their actions
- Needs to win or be the best at everything
Sources: mychildsafety.net, http://www.stopbullying.gov/
Facts about bullying:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/facts/
Bullying is being mean to another kid over and over again. Bullying often includes:
- Teasing
- Talking about hurting someone
- Spreading rumors
- Leaving kids out on purpose
- Attacking someone by hitting them or yelling at them
Fast Facts:
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/about/media-kit/facts.asp
Bullying directly affects students’ ability to learn.
- Students who are bullied often have declining grades and lose self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-worth. ((Hoover & Oliver,1996, p. 10; Hazler, Hoover, & Oliver, 1992; Garbarino, 1999; Olweus, 1993; McMaster, Connolly, Pepler, & Craig, 1998; Rigby, 2001)
- Students who are bullied report more physical and emotional symptoms such as headaches, stomachaches, anxiety, and depression. (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; Olweus, 1993; McMaster, Connolly, Pepler, & Craig, 1998; Rigby, 2001)
- Bullying affects witnesses as well as targets. Witnesses often report feeling unsafe, helpless, and afraid that they will be the next target. (Pepler, Craig, Ziegler, & Charach, 1993.)
- Students can be especially effective in bullying intervention. More than half of bullying situations (57 percent) stop when a peer intervenes on behalf of the student being bullied.
- Student bystanders are often aware of situations before adults in the school; it is therefore important that all students feel empowered to intervene safely in bullying situations. A school can facilitate this behavior by cultivating a climate of respect and tolerance within the school. Students should be encouraged to stand up for one another and such behavior should be recognized and rewarded.
- Since student bystanders can often intervene most effectively, it’s important for schools to encourage bystander intervention by teaching skills and offering resources that support this behavior. Schools should also seek to ensure that bystanders are protected and students know not to put themselves in danger.
- Some say bullying makes children tougher and is not a serious problem, but the reality is that students who are bullied are more likely to be depressed and/or suicidal. Student safety is at risk, and schools and communities have an obligation to protect their students.
- Students, parents, educators, and communities all have a responsibility to address bullying in schools, on line and in communities.
- Students feel that the adults in their lives – parents, teachers, community members – are failing to adequately address this issue.
11 Facts about bullying:
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-bullying
- Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.
- Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.
- 17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. Take a stand in your community by hosting a Bullying Policy Makeover event customizing your school’s anti-bullying policy.
- 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4% of the time.
- By age 14 less than 30% of boys and 40% of girls will talk to their peers about bullying.
- Over 67% of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying, with a high percentage of students believing that adult help is infrequent and ineffective.
- 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.
- 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying.
- 1 in 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying.
- As boys age they are less and less likely to feel sympathy for victims of bullying. In fact they are more likely to add to the problem than solve it.
- Physical bullying increases in elementary school, peaks in middle school and declines in high school. Verbal abuse, on the other hand, remains constant.
11 More Facts About Bullying
http://www.crisistextline.org/11-more-facts-about-bullying/
- In our society, bullying is the most common form of violence.
- American schools hold 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims.
- One in seven students from grades K-12 are either bullies or victims of bullying.
- Nearly one-fourth of students from elementary through high school have reported that they have been harassed or bullied at school because of their race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
- Eighty-six percent of LGBT students said that they have experienced harassment in school.
- An estimated 160,000 children miss school every day because they fear attack or intimidation by bullies.
- Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school-shooting incidents.
- Fifty-four percent of students reported that witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to school violence.
- Each month, 282,000 students report being attacked in high schools throughout the nation.
- Victims of bullying are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than students who are not bullied.
- More than two-thirds of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying, and that adult help is infrequent and ineffective.
Defining Harassment:
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/info-facts.asp
Defining “Harassment” Including Harassment based on DisabilityThe Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have stated that bullying may also be considered harassment when it is based on a student’s race, color, national origin, sex, or disability.
Harassing behaviors may include:
Harassing behaviors may include:
- Unwelcome conduct such as: Verbal abuse, such as name-calling, epithets, slurs
- Graphic or written statements
- Threats
- Physical assault
- Other conduct that may be physically threatening, harmful, or humiliating