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Misperceptions & Facts
Girls don’t bully. Oh, yes they do! While they don’t usually physically bully their targets as often as boys, they often use verbal and social bullying. Bullying for girls escalates during middle school.
...Words will never hurt you. Words can leave deep emotional scars.
It was only teasing. Teasing in which a child is not hurt is not considered bullying. Teasing becomes bullying when the intent is to hurt or harm.
Bullying will makes kids tougher. No, it does not make someone tougher. It has the opposite effect – lowering self esteem and self worth. Bullying creates fear and increases anxiety at any age.
Some people deserve to be bullied. No. Just no. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and consideration.
Telling a teacher about bullying is tattling. No. Tattling means sharing petty secrets or information about other people to cause trouble. Telling means reporting a harmful or dangerous situation to an adult to help protect someone. It’s okay to tell.
Bullying is a normal part of childhood. It may be a common childhood experience, but physical or emotional aggression toward others should not be tolerated as a consequence of childhood.
Children who are bullied will almost always tell an adult. No. Adults are often unaware of the bullying, mostly because it goes unreported. Studies show that only 25-50% of bullied children talk to an adult.
Children who bully are mostly loners with few social skills. Research indicated that bullies are often the popular students, those considered ‘cool’. In many cases, they have friends who provide support for their behavior.
Bullied kids need to learn how to deal with bullying on their own. Some children have the confidence and skills to stop bullying when it happens, but many do not. Children shouldn’t be expected to deal with bullying on their own. Bullying is a form of victimization or peer abuse.
Children who observe bullying don’t want to get involved. Most children who see bullying don’t like it. They want to help, but don’t know how. They can also be afraid of the bullies turning on them. Bystanders can have a powerful influence in preventing bullying.
BULLYING STATISTICS
Thirty percent (30%) of U.S. students in grades six through ten are involved in moderate or frequent bullying — as bullies, as victims, or as both — according to the results of the first national survey on this subject.
Bullying is increasingly viewed as an important contributor to youth violence, including homicide and suicide. Case studies of the shooting at Colombine High School and other U.S. schools have suggested that bullying was a factor in many of the incidents.
RECENT STATISTICS SHOW THAT:
1 out of 4 kids is Bullied. The American Justice Department says that this month 1 out of every 4 kids will be abused by another youth.
Surveys Show That 77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally, & physically.
In a recent study, 77% of the students said they had been bullied. And 14% of those who were bullied said they experienced severe (bad) reactions to the abuse.
1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying."
8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies.
43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school.
100,000 students carry a gun to school.
28% of youths who carry weapons have witnessed violence at home.
A poll of teens ages 12-17 proved that they think violence increased at their schools.
282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
More youth violence occurs on school grounds as opposed to on the way to school.
Playground statistics - Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention - 4%. Peer intervention - 11%. No intervention - 85%.
ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS - School Crime and Safety:
46% of males, and 26% of females reported they had been in physical fights.
Those in the lower grades reported being in twice as many fights as those in the higher grades. However, there is a lower rate of serious violent crimes in the elementary level than in the middle or high schools.
Teenagers say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings
— 87% said shootings are motivated by a desire to "get back at those who have hurt them."
— 86% said, "other kids picking on them, making fun of them or bullying them" causes teenagers to turn to lethal violence in the schools.
Students recognize that being a victim of abuse at home or witnessing others being abused at home may cause violence in school.
— 61% said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.
— 54% said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.
