Raising kids
Recent statistics show that:
- 1 out of 4 kids is Bullied.
- 1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying."
- 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies.
- 43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school.
- 100,000 students carry a gun to school.
- 28% of youths who carry weapons have witnessed violence at home.
- A poll of teens ages 12-17 proved that they think violence increased at their schools.
- 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month
- More youth violence occurs on school grounds as opposed to on the way to school. 80% of the time, an argument with a bully will end up in a physical fight.
- 1/3 of students surveyed said they heard another student threaten to kill someone.
- 1 out of 5 teens knows someone who brings a gun to school.
- 2 out of 3 say they know how to make a bomb, or know where to get the info. to do it.
- Almost half of all students say they kPlayground statistics - Every 7 minutes a child is bullied.
- Adult intervention - 4%. Peer intervention - 11%.
- No intervention - 85%. now another student who's capable of murder.
by Kathy Noll & Dr. Carter,--"Taking the Bully by the Horns" to teach your children/students the skills they need to handle BULLIES, and improve SELF-ESTEEM,
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