Bullying has become an epidemic that affects not only children, but parents, teachers and the community.
- One in seven students in grades K-12 are either a bully or have been a victim of bullying.
- An estimated 160,000 U.S. children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
- 83% of girls and 79% of boys report experiencing harassment.
- Six out of ten teenagers say they witness bullying in school once a day.
- 35% of kids have been threatened online.
- Nearly nine out of ten LGBTQ youth report being verbally harassed at school in the past year
because of their sexual orientation. - 57% of boys and girls reported being bullied because of religious or cultural differences.
- Bullies often go on to perpetrate violence later in life: 40% of boys identified as bullies in
grades six through nine had three or more arrests by age 30. - One out of every ten students who drop out of school do so because of repeated incidents of bullying.
- 75% of shooting incidents at schools have been linked to bullying or harassment.
- 64% of children who are bullied do not report it.
- Nearly 70% of students think schools respond poorly to bullying.
Continued next week…
Bullying Series:
- Bullying Part I
- Bullying Part II
- Bullying Part III – What Kids Can Do
- Bullying Part IV – Cyberbullying
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The Cleveland Police Foundation, in partnership with the Cleveland Division of Police and the Ohio Crime Prevention Association present these tips so citizens can help to make our community safer.