To find out more about bullying, please go to this website - it's GREAT information!
http://TKDTutor.com/07Defense/Bullies/Bullies01.htm
and...
Bullying Statistics:
www.Highlands.k12.fl.us/~msdp/BullyingStatsResources.htm
IF YOU NEED HELP, PLEASE GO TO THIS WEBSITE:
http://www.SomersetCountyCrimeStoppers.org/kids_bullying02.aspx
In the short time I have been active in the YouTube community (since December 2006), I have found cyber-bullying to be prevalent, and it really needs to stop. It's mean, hateful, disrespectful, abusive, and it hurts people.
Cyber-bullying is turning YouTube into trailer trash - people have also committed suicide because of it.
FYI: You can also be arrested for cyber-bullying.
So treat others the way you would want to be treated, and there will be more peace in the world and more peace on YouTube.
Many adolescents face being potential victims of violence in their communities, schools and homes on a daily basis. For some young people, those external threats create a hopelessness and depression that can lead to suicidal thoughts or actions.
The spike in teen suicides in the United States is staggering. In 1950 the rate of suicide for 15-19 year-olds was 2.7 per 100,000. Two generations later, in 1990, the rate had increased to 11:1; a jump of more than 300 percent. Current statistics suggest that a young person in America attempts to take his or her life every 42 seconds.
Though few would argue that bullying alone is to blame, the current literature includes many references to students being driven to suicide by peer abuse. In 2003, the journal Adolescence published a study on bullying and victimization which describes how "exposure to repeated insults and rejection by peers can generate deadly results such as suicide or homicide." Clearly, ongoing victimization can create or exacerbate adolescent depression and low self-esteem, perhaps raising the risk of a suicide attempt.
Bullying is not isolated only in schools. It happens in work, in church, and in other arenas in life.
Bullying Statistics: http://www.Highlands.k12.fl.us/~msdp/BullyingStatsResources.htm
Tags: Cyber Bully Harassing Mean Disrespectful Rude Depression Isolation Demeaning Condescending Abuse Cruelty Suicide
