Bullyiing Estimates

Children can be bullied at home by siblings and/or parents. Children can be bullied at school by peers and sometimes even by teachers or teacher’s aides. Therefore, children need to be protected, as individuals who were once bullied may become perpetrators later in life. In some environments, even when bullying of a child is observed, the victim is blamed or the observers turn a blind eye. Estimates are that 50% or more of children have been bullied at home or at school; 56% of adolescents have been verbally and/or physically bullied resulting in serious psychological distress (SPD) or symptoms of PTSD; one in three individuals experience social-relational bullying during their lifetime; and most adults experience emotional bullying during their lifetime—it appear to me that bullying really is a continuing problem. Unfortunately, targets or victims often do not report being bullied out of shame or for fear of repercussions for revealing it.