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Statistic says that 20% of students between the ages of 12-18 are bullied nationwide! However, bullying is not just limited to that age range. Boys and girls can be bullies.

Bullies might make fun of others for many things, including:

Appearance (how someone looks)
Behavior (how someone acts)
Race or religion
Social status (whether someone is popular)
Sexual orientation such as being gay, lesbian, or transgender

Bullying can come in different types:

Physical bullying is when bullies physically hurt you. This can include shoving, punching, or hitting. Any form of touching that a person does not want can be bullying and possiblesexual assault.
Verbal bullying is taunting or teasing someone.
Psychological bullying is gossiping or excluding people to make them feel bad about themselves.
Cyberbullying is when bullies use the internet and social media and say things that they might not say in person. This can include sending mean texts, posting insults and rude comments to someone on social media. Cyberbullies might post personal information, pictures, or videos to hurt or embarrass someone.

Effects of bullying:

Depression

Anxiety

Stressed

Thinking of hurting yourself

Affect your appetite, mood and sleep

Trouble in school with homework and tests

Are you or anybody you know of being bullied?

Whether it is verbal, physical or social bullying, reach out to Ask Simi for guidance and help with how to deal with a bully.

In the meantime, here are some tips with how to deal with a bully:

Talk to an adult
Talk to the bully
Be confident
Ignore the bully
Surround yourself with your real friends and support each other

Statistics say that 2 out of 3 people feel pressure to look good and close to a third of teens have been exposed to cyber bullying. Teens spend all of their free time on social media. In fact, they spend an average of 9 hours a day on social media. Tweens (ages 8-12) spend an average of 6 hours a day on social media. Teens, in particular girls are targets for cyber bullying. Posting pictures and getting likes and comments becomes an addiction. It’s an addiction to feel validation from strangers and peers that in turn has detrimental effects on their self esteem and creates mental health issues, irritability and anxiety. Researchers have shown that teens demonstrate symptoms comparable to drug withdrawals when removed from social media.

social media increases the negative impact of comparison for teens. That’s because they compare themselves to an artificial reality of altered images. Most images on social media and in magazines are photoshop manipulated. Teens tend to focus on attractiveness and popularity when they engage in comparison. As a result, teens feel that their own accomplishments and physical appearance aren’t enough. This can be discouraging and create self esteem problems, depression, body image problems, and anxiety.

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In the US, more than 42 million Americans have student loan debt. Meanwhile, the average debt per student rose by 5 percent in 2018 to nearly $40,000.

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Excessive drinking is responsible for more than 4,300 deaths EACH YEAR among underage kids in the US. More than 90% of this alcohol is consumed in the form of binge drinks. The 2017Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that among high school students, during the past 30 days

30% drank some amount of alcohol.
14% binge drank.
6% drove after drinking alcohol.
17% rode with a driver who had been drinking alcohol.

Consequences:

School absences and poor grades
Legal issues, arrests, getting insured, hurting others, drunk driving,
Unprotected sex, pregnancy, sexual assaults
Suicidal thoughts, abuse of drugs, death from alcohol poisoning, drowning
Changes in development, memory problems

A form of bullying were the bully captures a video in a less than flattering light of their victim and posts it on social media and YouTube, etc.

Many bullies use this as a form to control and humiliate their victim even going as far as to threaten them and extort some form of profit.

Consequences:

Detrimental. Many teens have committed suicide feeling humiliated and exposed. It would turn anybody’s world upside down but especially a teen who now has to deal with heckling in school and public shaming on social media and the Internet.

Clothing for young girls has become overly sexualized. Last year, a study found that 30 percent of children’s clothing at major retailers had sexualized characteristics. Abercrombie Kids had the highest proportion of sexualized kids’ clothes, with 72 percent of preteen clothing featuring sexualized aspects, such as slinky material or a revealing cut. Even going as far as offering push up bras to 7 year olds in their summer bathing suits. Hollywood, the modeling industry and the internet are to blame.

Most of the time girls wear these type of clothes because of the pressure to fit in.

Consequences:

Poor body image. Among girls aged 11 through 17, the number one wish is to lose weight which in turn leads to anorexia, bulimia and purging. Increased sexual activity among pre teens and teens. Over 1 million teens become pregnant each year!

Gone are the days that we can do stupid things and not wake up to see it on the internet. In this attention seeking, social media hungry world, everyone is a target. All it takes is a smartphone to turn your stupid decision into public shame.

Consequences:

Lives destroyed for the child as it is for the parent.

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