Reduce Bullying And Victims Won't Bring So Many Weapons To School

Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

Mass outreach and awareness of bullying isn't doing much to stop bullying, it is mostly just teaching bullies what to watch out for and what buzzwords to use if they are accused. There's another good reason to stop them, including throwing them out if they are caught; when victims feel like the system does not protect them, they protect themselves.  A new presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Vancouver saus that an estimated 200,000 high school students who are bullied bring weapons to school. Youths who have been victimized in multiple ways are up to 31X more likely to carry a weapon to school than those who have not been bullied.  read more

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