Thought these statistics may be of interest for our RELAX magazine readers – direct from BeatBullying HQ. If you are or know a child who is experiencing a form of bullying, then please get in touch with BeatBullying by clicking here.
- As many as 70% of all young people have experienced some form of bullying.
- 1 million kids are bullied every week, inside and outside of school.
- Bullying is one of the biggest concerns for children (and parents!) as they grow up.
- At least 20 children every year commit suicide because they are being bullied.
- 30% of 11 to 16-year-olds have been cyber bullied
- 340,000 – or one in 3 – are subject to persistent bullying via digital technologies
- 31.3% of cyberbullying incidents began offline
- 61% have seen or heard of fake profiles, hate sites and happy slapping material
- One quarter (24.5%) have been sent a video clip or image of someone being bullied
- 69% of young people who’ve been cyberbullied are open to taking advice from their peers online
- Girls are most likely to be cyberbullied, as well as cyberbully; 23.8% of girls have received an upsetting or offensive phone call compared to 12.2% of boys
Statistics sent from Beat Bullying HQ
– July 8, 2010Posted in: Education, Parenting, Well-being
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Katherine is part of the Relax Kids team. Relax Kids create resources including CDs, books and other products to promote positive thinking in children. RK also run teacher training in its relaxation programmes, see www.relaxkids.com 
