Quick Facts About Bullying
I found these facts in the book Confessions of a Former Bully by Trudy Ludwig:
- Nine out of ten elementary students have been bullied by their peers.
- Seventy-four percent of 8-11 year olds said teasing and bullying occur at their school.
- Every day, 160,000 kids miss school because of bullying.
- Eight year old kids who bully are six times more likely to be convicted of a crime by age twenty-four.
- Most cyber-bullying occurs between nine and fourteen years of age.
- More than half the kids in grades four through eight - 58 percent - have not told their parents or an adult of hurtful /mean things sent to them online.
- Bystanders do make a difference:
- About 80 percent of bullying on elementary school playgrounds has an audience.
- When bystanders do intervene, they stop the bullying abut fifty percent of the time.
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