Young people and bullying

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Ditch the Label has published the results of a survey of over 10,000 young people aged 13-22 on bullying.

The survey results found that;

Almost half of young people feel that current levels of education and support for victims of bullying are not sufficient;
42 percent of young people want more education on minority groups and equality and 38 percent want increased education about effects of bullying on young people; and
29 percent want increased legislation and accessibility to the law and 37 percent want stricter policies in schools and colleges.

The Anti-Bullying Alliance has published Digital deception: the online behaviour of teens.

The survey of 1,102 10 to 17 year olds and 1,013 parents found that:

45 percent of parents reported worry about cyberbullying, 38 percent think that their child may have been bullied online and 33 percent think their child may be a cyberbully; and
Over half the children and young people reported often going online without parental supervision, 16 percent reported experiencing cruel behaviour online and 22 percent reported witnessing the cyberbullying of a classmate or friend.

In addition, the NSPCC has published Younger children and social networking sites: a blind spot.

It reports on a survey of 1,024 11 to 16 year olds, which found that:

23 percent have been upset over the past year by something on a social networking site;
20 percent experienced something that upset them every day or almost every day; and
62 percent of these experiences were caused by strangers or people they only knew online.

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