Teen Bullying Epidemic
Everyone knows that bullying is a growing problem among school aged children in schools in the United States. As public school serve more diverse communities, and people of many different ethnic, racial, socio-economic, and religious backgrounds find themselves in tight quarters for long periods of time, young people tend to gang up more and to make themselves feel better at the expense of putting down students they feel are different from themselves.
Often, the bullying begins quietly. Many times it has only one perpetrator, and people in positions of responsibility such as teachers and parents may not be aware there is anything going on until it is essentially too late. What do we mean by too late? It could be several things: the permanent scarring of a young mind, the development of anger and hatred towards a group of people over the actions of one, and even worse things like chronic depression.
Here are some statistics on bullying that might astound you:
