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Yeah! Your Kid!

I’ve been doing some research on bullying.

Did you know that 90% of students are bullied on a weekly basis, at least verbally?  10% of them physically and on a daily basis.  7 – 14% of them have considered suicide based on being bullied.  Most bullied kids think that telling an adult is not going to help, or even that it will make their situation worse.

Did you know that bullies themselves end up in prison by the age of 24 at a rate of one in four?!?  Yes!  Look up this stuff for yourself …  25% of all of those people who choose to bully others are going to spend time in prison by the age of 24!!

Did you know that most teachers believe that statistics on bullying are over-stated?  How about that most parents do nothing even though they notice a difference in their child’s attitude toward other people and to school – they tend to write it off to “adolescence” when really it is their child’s reaction to being abused.

Do you know what the signs of suicide are?    http://www.hopes-wi.org/signs.htm

Do you know what lifelong effects come from being bullied?  Well, type that phrase into your search engine and see the hundreds of results…

Did you know that 99.9% of children (Yeah!  Your kid!) fall into one of three categories; bully, bullied, or observer who does nothing to help?  I’m telling you, look this shit up!    http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/bullying/593-the-bully-and-the-bystander.gs

What kind of kid are you raising?  Maybe you should go to his/her school and take a poll of the other students that they associate with on a daily basis.  It might change someone’s life – for the better!

I invite you to re-blog this post on your site.  There will never be enough attention given to this issue until bullying is stopped!  Do something…

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