Current Events > New research says bullying rates have reached an all time low.

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Reports of bullying amongst American students have been on a continuous downturn for the last ten years – and now, they have reached a new low.

According to Health Day News, rates of students grade 4 through 12 who were experiencing some form of bullying (e.g. physical, cyber, relational, or verbal bullying) ranged from 13% to 29% between 2005 and 2014. The most recent census, however, shows that bullying dropped by roughly 2% every year until it fell below 10%.

There was reportedly a 1%-2% drop in students doing the bullying themselves. The study also said that and 23% fewer students witnessed bullying while at school. This could be because the PS4 looks great or because of proactive campaigns taken by schools and communities to stop and discourage student bullying.

“We found that bullying and related behaviors were decreasing, which indicated improvements in student behaviors and school climate,” said study lead author Tracy Evian Waasdorp of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

“The good news here is that some of the national attention to this important public health issue appears to be having a positive impact.”

Full Article: http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bullying-rates-fallen-half-last-decade-study/

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So for those of you were bullied in school, take comfort in the fact that the odds are your children won't be.
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If I have children they won't be bullied because I ain't raising no pussy.

People aren't reporting it because otherwise they would get bullied more for snitching.
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Ic3Bullet posted...

If I have children they won't be bullied because I ain't raising no pussy.

That's not how bullying works dude.
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Burgess posted...

People aren't reporting it because otherwise they would get bullied more for snitching.

So like it has always been?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

This could be because the PS4 looks great

Icwudt
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Burgess posted...

People aren't reporting it because otherwise they would get bullied more for snitching.

I think the opposite is true. I think people are more likely to report bullies, especially now with cyberbullying.

I just think people are less violent than they used to be, which is certainally reflected in other crime statistics.

People now don't just walk up to kids, punch them in the face and steal their lunch like they used to.

Now they play minecraft and create "Stacy is a slut" fake facebook pages.
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I re-Tweeted that gif of a dog with the photo shopped spiky ball on a chain to prevent online bullying and I am assuming others have done the same.

That is probably why. :)
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I wonder if phones being so common and thus being able to prove it plays a factor.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSa368X1Z2w
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Wedge Antilles posted...

I wonder if phones being so common and thus being able to prove it plays a factor.

That and also kids are on their phone all the damn time
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Melonfarms posted...

I re-Tweeted that gif of a dog with the photo shopped spiky ball on a chain to prevent online bullying and I am assuming others have done the same.

That is probably why. :)

Link?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Melonfarms posted...

I re-Tweeted that gif of a dog with the photo shopped spiky ball on a chain to prevent online bullying and I am assuming others have done the same.

That is probably why. :)

Link?

https://twitter.com/Chillypunks/status/854689795590594561

Here is the what I was talking about.

@UnfairRepresent (@ ing you in case you missed this)
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Someone cyber-bullies me on this site.
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Melonfarms posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

Melonfarms posted...

I re-Tweeted that gif of a dog with the photo shopped spiky ball on a chain to prevent online bullying and I am assuming others have done the same.

That is probably why. :)

Link?

https://twitter.com/Chillypunks/status/854689795590594561

Here is the what I was talking about.

@UnfairRepresent (@ ing you in case you missed this)

Dawww that's cute
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Solid Sonic posted...

Someone cyber-bullies me on this site.

HAHAHAHAHAHA How the fuck is cyberbullying real HAHAHAHA Just walk away from the screen, like close your eyes HAHA
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I can believe this. If anything, you were seen as a fucking loser if you were bullying/messing with other people when I was in high school.
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