FACT: Three out of four (3/4) students report that they were bullied while in school. (75%)
FACT: Victims are bullied by both boys and girls: Boys: 60%. Girls:40%
FACT: Bullies often experience more depressive symptoms compared to their peers that are neutral to bullying (those who are not bullies and those who are not victims of bullying).
FACT: With age, there tends to be a shift from physical bullying to indirect and relational bullying.
FACT: Boys experience and engage in more physical bullying than girls.
FACT: Girls experience and engage in more indirect and relational bullying than boys.
FACT: The vast majority of bullying relationships involves several bullies.
FACT: 80% of children who identify as a sexual minority experience physical assaults or ridicule by peers and even teachers.
FACT: A large number of bullying victims do not tell a teacher or someone at home.
FACT: The vast majority of bullying occurs in public places like playgrounds and classrooms.
We could throw a lot of statistics at you but it is a fact that you are here and that you want to know how to help. You know it is a problem. The FACT is that 75% of youth in schools are bullied. It is also another fact that students who are bullied feel sad, depressed, lonely, hopeless, singled out, anxious, and every other negative adjective that you could think of. It is also a fact that bullies feel these things too.
There is no proof but at 3outof4.com we will make a claim that at every school bullying occurs. Where there is bullying, not everyone feels safe.
The facts say that we need to do something about it.