Bullying is a community activity and impacts everyone. Some of those impacts on targets include:

• Truancy and absences
• Decreased self-esteem
• Headaches
• Depression
• Emotional distress / anxiety
• Reduced academic risk taking
• Increased suicidal/homicidal ideation and attempts

Bullying is a community activity and impacts everyone.
Some of the impacts on aggressors include:

• Failure to develop healthy relationships
• More likely to continue to be abusive later in life
• Less likely to complete their education

Almost 60% of boys who were bully-aggressors in grades 6 thru 9 were convicted of at least one crime by age 24… 40% of them had three or more convictions by that age. (Fight Crime 2003)

Some of those impacts on bystanders and climate include:

• Feeling vulnerable and afraid
• Feeling helpless in the situation
• Feeling guilty for not helping
• Having diminished empathy
• Establishing a climate of fear
• Leading to diminished student learning