bullying stats

19.6% of high school students in the US report being bullied at school in the past year. 14.8% reported being bullied online Center for Disease Control, 2014. 64 percent of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying Proserpina, In recent years, a series of bullying-related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the connection between bullying and suicide. Though too many adults still see bullying as “just part of being a kid it is a serious problem that leads to many negative effects for victims, including suicide. Many people may not realize that there is also a link between being a bully and committing suicide., DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010).