facts about bullies

these are some interesting numbers about bullies

Key findings of the poll of 1,000 kids nationwide were:

• One-third of all teens (ages 12-17) and one-sixth of children (ages 6-11) have had mean, threatening or embarrassing things said about them online.
• 10 percent of the teens and four percent of the younger children were threatened online with physical harm.
• 16 percent of the teens and preteens who were victims told no one about it.
• About half of children ages 6-11 told their parents.
• Only 30 percent of older kids told their parents.
• Preteens were as likely to receive harmful messages at school (45 percent) as at home (44 percent).
• Older children received 30 percent of harmful messages at school and 70 percent at home.
• 17 percent of preteens and seven percent of teens said they were worried about bullying as they start a new school year.

from http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=1473