Did you know? According to the Bully Statistics Organization:

About 42 percent of kids have been bullied while online with one in four being verbally attacked more than once.

About 35 percent of kids have been threatened online.

About 58 percent of kids and teens have reported that something mean has been said about them or to them online.

Other bullying statistics show that about 77 percent of students have admitted to being the victim of one type of bullying or another.

The American Justice Department bullying statistics show that one out of ever 4 kids will be bullied sometime throughout their adolescence.

46 percent of males followed by 26 percent of females have admitted to being victims in physical fights as reported in one report of bullying statistics by the Bureau of Justice School.

Who takes part in bullying: The Bully, the Bystander, or the Victim. According to the Oxford Dictionary a bully, bystander and victim can be defined as:

 

Bully: "a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker"

Bystander: "a person who is present at an event or incident but does not take part"

Victim: "a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action"

Bullying is something that has exponentially grown throughout recent years. Because of the rapid increase in bullying incidents, school systems, teachers, lawmakers, and parents are taking it more seriously. Consequences have become more serious because of how severe the bullying has become. 

 

There are many different types of bullying: Verbal bullying, Social Bullying, Cyber Bullying and Physical Bullying. Bullying can take place anywhere from in school, on the bus, and at home through a computer screen.

Verbal	Social	Physical
-Teasing -Name-calling -Inappropriate sexual comments -Taunting -Threatening to cause harm	-Leaving someone out on purpose -Telling other children not to be friends with someone -Spreading rumors -Embarrassing someone in public	-Hitting/kicking/pinching -Spitting -Tripping/pushing -Taking or breaking someone’s things -Making mean or rude hand gestures

Cyberbullying is different than all the other types of bullying. It takes place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Day or night, victims can be attacked when they are in a group or alone. Another thing that makes cyberbullying different from other types is, "... messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source."


Throughout the years, Cyberbullying has become more the most harmful to its victims. Cyberbullying leaves countless effects on its victims. Victims of cyberbully and any other type of bullying may:miss, skip or drop out of school, receive poor grades, have lower self-esteem,use alcohol and drugs, depression and potentially attempt to injure themselves.

This is a edit from the movie Cyberbully. The film not only captures every effect of what can come from cyberbullying but shows how emotionally draining it can be. For those who have been bullying, please note that this will be a trigger. A trigger is a term used by therapist; it means that people who have been in a similar state might feel those emotions again.

Bullying can be prevented. It can be prevented at school and home by using consequences, policies, and family education. For example, "As of September, 2009, most states have bullying laws. Bullying laws do not exist, however, in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin." New Anti Bullying Laws "provides for the training of public school staff in addressing bullying, intimidation, and harassment, as well as in suicide prevention."
sources:
http://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/index.html
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/prevent-bullying.html