Im sorry if you take offense to this post but it needs to be addressed. This is a serious issue to me and seems to sadly be growing in our own middle school. SO.....in the event my child makes the team, I will strive to make sure that the 2014-15 BMS softball team is a Bully Free Zone. You have to start somewhere. Bullying leads to Suicide!! Middle school - High school are the worst years. The statistics on bullying and suicide are alarming: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it.Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale UniversityA study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study aboveAccording to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:52:10 +0000
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