Deal with the Bully

Bullied children show signs of depression, anxiety, isolation and are at risk of suicide. Researchers in England have set out to prove that bullying alone is responsible for these feelings and not the social settings (poverty and poorer neighborhoods) in which these children live.

The research team looked at over 1,000 twin pairs from a nationally representative group of children in England and Whales and found just over 100 where one child was bullied and the other was not. In that subsection of twin children, the bullied child showed significantly more signs of internalized issue. Read more on the study here.

Here are some great resources for dealing with bullies:

• Dealing with Bullies
• How Kids can put Bullies in their Place - without force of violence
• Dealing with Bullies and How Not to be One