Bystanders of bullying: Team – Students who support the bully – Part of the “Bully Team”, but don’t initiate it themselves. Fans – Students who cheer on the bully Complacent – students who watch and say nothing or do nothing Why don’t more bystanders intervene? (Response stats from Reportbullying.com surveys 2009) They think, “It’s none
One of the newest forms of sexual harassment involves LGBTQ (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered & Queers). Young LGBTQ people may be more at-risk for bullying, taunting, harassment, physical assault, and suicide. Over a 10 year period, more than 7,000 LGBTQ middle and high school students were surveyed. The survey[1] found that: } 8 in 10
When it comes to bullying, we tend to view bullying as a bully and the victim in a school or in a certain neighborhood setting. However, what we fail to see is the bigger picture as we can’t see the whole problem looking out of only one window. It’s true that bullying happens at schools
Welcome to my first blog for Reportbullying.com. The purpose of this blog is to open your minds to bullying as a community problem, not a school problem. I would like to hear from targets of bullying and also teachers, students, police, parents, crossing guards, bus drivers, etc… If you were involved in any bullying
I hear this comment all the time. My kids are being bullied and the school isn’t doing anything. Before we start pointing fingers at the school system I think it is important to remember that bullying isn’t a school problem it is a community problem. We as parents need to know the 3 indicators to