STOP BULLING

BULLING STATISTICS

• 3.2 MILLION STUDENTS ARE VICTIMS OF BULLING A YEAR
• 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bulling and intervene 4% of the time
• 160,000 teens skip school because of bulling
• 67% of students belive that schools respond poorly to bulling
• 1 in 10 students drop out of school due to bulling

LGBT BULLING FACTS

• Lgbt youth are 5 times mor likly to miss school because of bulling over sexual orentation
• 30% of completed suicide is due to sexual identity crisis
• 2013 90% of lgbt youth reported bulling because of sexual preference
• 1/3 of school staff did nothing to resolve bulling about sexual orientation
• Bulling, teasing and harassment can lead to low self-esteem and negative self PerceptIon

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT

• Stop bulling onthe spot
• Find out what happened
• Support the kids involved
• Be more than a bystander
• For more info http://www.stopbullying.gov/respond/index.html

IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED

• reach out
• Be calm in the moment
• Change the community
• Be an advocate
• For more info http://www.tolerance.org/activity/bullying-tips-students