Bullying can have damaging effects on both the person bullying and the person being bullied. In some cases, the negative impact of bullying can be long term.
· 27 per cent of young people report they are bullied every two weeks or more often.
· Cyber bullying happens to about 1 in 10 Australian young people every few weeks or more often.
· Bullying can seriously damage physical, social and emotional health of not only the victim but also the bully.
· Students who are bullied are more likely to have low self-esteem and poor assertiveness skills. This can affect their mental health, and result in having bad grades at school due to feeling left out all the time, rejected by their friends, suffer from depression, and negative ideas and images of how they see themselves.
· They are also more likely to have health problems and also sometimes develop the feeling that they are really unwell because the anxiety is taking over their emotions, higher levels of loneliness, and most devastating results like suicidal wishes or even attempts and increased anxiety.
· Students who bully others are more likely to be aggressive, impulsive, insecure, lack understanding for others feelings, and have bad ideas about how to correctly treat others.
•Students who are bullied by others in the schoolyard and other 'real' environments often feel more comfortable communicating online, and are seriously more likely (51 per cent) to engage in cyber bullying as another way to harass others and unfortunately, this can end up happening 24/7 through text messaging, kick apps, facebook, twitter and other social media as lets face it…almost everyone by the age of 13 have a mobile phone or access to a computer/ipad!!
•Bullying has gone viral in every way and can quickly can get out of control. Children who bully others at the age of 14 years are likely to still continue to be aggressive at the age of 32 years and can even give birth to children who will also become the bullies of the future!!
•A study in Sweden found 60 per cent of the boys labelled as 'bullies' in Years 6-9 (aged 13 to 16) had at least committed one crime by the age of 24. Former school bullies were four times more likely than other students to become involved in more serious crimes.
•Young people who are bullied tend to have a dislike of and want to avoid school.
· 27 per cent of young people report they are bullied every two weeks or more often.
· Cyber bullying happens to about 1 in 10 Australian young people every few weeks or more often.
· Bullying can seriously damage physical, social and emotional health of not only the victim but also the bully.
· Students who are bullied are more likely to have low self-esteem and poor assertiveness skills. This can affect their mental health, and result in having bad grades at school due to feeling left out all the time, rejected by their friends, suffer from depression, and negative ideas and images of how they see themselves.
· They are also more likely to have health problems and also sometimes develop the feeling that they are really unwell because the anxiety is taking over their emotions, higher levels of loneliness, and most devastating results like suicidal wishes or even attempts and increased anxiety.
· Students who bully others are more likely to be aggressive, impulsive, insecure, lack understanding for others feelings, and have bad ideas about how to correctly treat others.
•Students who are bullied by others in the schoolyard and other 'real' environments often feel more comfortable communicating online, and are seriously more likely (51 per cent) to engage in cyber bullying as another way to harass others and unfortunately, this can end up happening 24/7 through text messaging, kick apps, facebook, twitter and other social media as lets face it…almost everyone by the age of 13 have a mobile phone or access to a computer/ipad!!
•Bullying has gone viral in every way and can quickly can get out of control. Children who bully others at the age of 14 years are likely to still continue to be aggressive at the age of 32 years and can even give birth to children who will also become the bullies of the future!!
•A study in Sweden found 60 per cent of the boys labelled as 'bullies' in Years 6-9 (aged 13 to 16) had at least committed one crime by the age of 24. Former school bullies were four times more likely than other students to become involved in more serious crimes.
•Young people who are bullied tend to have a dislike of and want to avoid school.