Bullying
Bullying Brought to you by the Gus and Gia Puppet Show Greater than fifty percent of individuals under twenty-five years of age have experienced bullying at some point in their life. It is defined as seeking to cause harm, coercion or intimidation. It is more likely that those individuals that have a physical disability are more prone to experiencing bullying as opposed to those without a physical disability. While twenty percent of those surveyed experienced verbal bullying, five percent were subject to constant physical bullying. Another form of this behavior is social exclusion in which friends will purposely leave another friend out with the intention of hurting feelings. Typically, a result of receiving this behavior is the development of depression and social anxiety, and often more than one third of people experience this. And nearly a quarter of those recipients of bullying have thoughts of suicide. The bullies ...