Ms. Woolcock said the school also has an extensive antibullying campaign and takes reports seriously. |
Internet security firm McAfee polled 2,000 children and 2,000 adults with at least one child aged under 18 in the UK before antibullying week on Monday and compared the findings with a similar study carried out last year. |
Adults need to start paying attention to the language of youth if they want antibullying interventions to succeed. |
There is no national antibullying law, but the federal government has recently addressed the bullying problem by establishing an annual Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention Summit. |
Forty-seven states include electronic harassment in their antibullying laws and 18 specifically use the word cyberbullying. |
The school should regularly assess victimization rates, adopt a clear and strong antibullying policy, and have adults present in highrisk areas. |