Bullying, once an unspoken problem is more openly talked about, publicized, and seen in this generation.
Learn MoreNationwide, 20 percent of students in grades 9–12 experienced bullying.
Nationwide, 28 percent of students in grades 6–12 experienced bullying.
64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying.
More than half of bullying situations (57 percent) stop when a peer intervenes on behalf of the student being bullied.
Only 10 U.S. studies have been conducted on the connection between bullying and developmental disabilities, but all of these studies found that children with disabilities were two to three times more likely to be bullied than their nondisabled peers.
Researchers discovered that students with disabilities were more worried about school safety and being injured or harassed by other peers compared to students without a disability.
The National Autistic Society reports that 40 percent of children with autism and 60 percent of children with Asperger’s syndrome have experienced bullying.
Research on bullying has often concluded that it occurs most frequently in the presence of bystanders who choose to merely watch the events unfold instead of doing something. By being there, you may give bullies more incentive to embarrass and threaten their victims because they will have an audience. Unfortunately, many people believe that being a bystander is the best option to take.
What makes a bystander different from a victim or a bully? Bystanders are very different from either victims or bullies mainly because they make a decision to stay on the outside of the situation. Whereas victims and bullies are directly involved, bystanders think that avoiding the conflict altogether is either the right move or the best…
Bullying causes unfortunate tragedies that are dominating the news, causing permanent scars and suicide in ages as young as 6 years old. Bullying, once an unspoken problem is more openly talked about, publicized, and seen in this generation. Indicators of School Crime and Safety, which showed that one third of teens reported being bullied while at school. About 20…