Bullying Resources
- Physical Bullying: punching, hitting, kicking and spitting
- Verbal Bullying: name-calling, offensive remarks etc.
- Indirect Bullying: spreading rumors and/or lies
- Social Alienation: when a bully excludes the victim from the group
- Intimidation: when a bully threatens someone
- Cyber Bullying: harassment through messages, emails or pictures
- 1 in 7 students K-12 is either the victim of bullying or the actual bully
- 1 out of 20 students witness another peer bringing a gun to school
- 54% of students who witness violence at home are more likely to cause violence in school
- It's estimated 160,000 students miss school every day due to bullying
- 95th-6th-grade students are willing to report a bullying incident
- 25% of students admit that they were the bully in a bullying incident