Girls told us:

2/3 had been bullied or witnessed others being bullied in the following ways:

              Teasing/taunting-68%

              Name calling-65%

              Spreading rumors-65%

              Physical abuse-58%

              Exclusion-54%

              Stealing/or damaging someone’s personal property-51%

             

Girls witnessed bullying:

              On the playground-62%

              In the lunchroom-45%

              On the school bus-35%

              In the classroom-33%  

              In the school bathrooms-23%

              In the school hallways-15%

              Walking to school or at the bus stop-13%

Girls who were bullied told us they were bullied:

              On the playground-37%

              In the lunchroom-24%

              On the schoolbus-22%

              In the classroom-21%

2/3 of the girls who said they had been bullied, told an adult.  However, for 1/3 of those girls the bullying did not change, the incident was ignored by the adult, or the target then experienced yelling and/or physical violence from the bully.

The girls who did not tell an adult about the bullying said they did not tell because they were not the target of the bullying and did not want to get involved or because they were scared to tell and unsure of what to do.

Parents told us:

Schools handle bullying

              Well-31%

              Adequately-54%

              Poorly-15%

Parents believed students were willing to report bullying incidents to school staff

              Yes-53%

              No-14%

              Unsure-33%

Adults are doing enough to address bullying in school and in the community.

              Yes-25%

              No-48%

              Unsure-27%

45% of parents felt their daughter was safe from bullies at school, however more than one quarter (27%) were unsure whether or not their daughter was safe, and 22% felt their daughter was not safe from bullies at school.

10% of parents believed bullies were admired or liked at their daughter’s school, 80% of parents felt they would know what to do to help their daughter if they were being bullied by a friend and 83% said they would know the proper way to respond if their daughter was bullied.