Is bullying in schools less now then 10 years ago? 20 years ago?

[Howson]

Are we doing better at bullying prevention?

[Howson]

Hell no. Bullying is now taking place on social websites.

[BRi]

Bullying statistics:

About 42 percent of kids have been bullied while online with one in four being verbally attacked more than once.
About 35 percent of kids have been threatened online.
About 58 percent of kids and teens have reported that something mean has been said about them or to them online.
Other bullying statistics show that about 77 percent of students have admitted to being the victim of one type of bullying or another.
The American Justice Department bullying statistics show that one out of ever 4 kids will be bullied sometime throughout their adolescence.
46 percent of males followed by 26 percent of females have admitted to being victims in physical fights as reported in one report of bullying statistics by the Bureau of Justice School.

[Admiral Akbar]

I graduated high school 20 years ago and have been working in high schools since college. Bullying is not as terrifying as it once was, but it is more prevalent. Like the previous poster alluded to, there are more avenues for bullying.....Facebook, twitter, cell phone pics, etc. however, I think that society has gotten more sensitive to it. It seems as though there is more of an effort to stop it. 20 years ago, I think parents, other students, and even teachers were more likely to turn the other cheek, making the victims feel even more alone and hopeless. We are just now starting to do better. For a while, the solution was to fix what was wrong with the bullies. Waste of time...a school or group of kids can not make what ever it is that drives a bully disappear. The bullies need to be silenced, shut down or shipped out. Now the focus is on empowering victims and bystanders and creating a culture of intolerance of bullying.