Bullying is not a joke, stories of the bullied by Marija Makeska on April 2.
Bullying is one of the hot topics in the schools across the United States, and there is a good reason why. Many children do not realizethat bullying is not a joke and everyone needs to be accepted and appreciated in the same manner as others. A new study showed that not only the infamous kids and the nerds are bullied, the famous and the successful do, too. The National Bullying Prevention Center (NBPC) constantly gets stories of the bullied.
One confession of a fourteen year old girl, Megan says that she's been bullied her entire life and called ugly. her dream is for people to show love, sympathy and to forget about about exposing pain to the others, She's inspired to make a difference in the world by showing love and compassion.
Studies show that there is a strong link between bullying and suicide. Attention has been drawn around the globe, the studies say. The parents may see "children only as children", but it canoot be tolerated because it could cause serious problem. The result of the statistics were alarming - suicide is the third cause of death, with 4,400 death per year. 14% of High School students think about suicide, 7% attempt it. Bullied victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to attempt a suicide, and at least half of suicides in Great Bretain are due to bullying. Girls age 10-14 may be most likely bullied. 160.000 children every day don't go to school because of their fear for being bullied.
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