Five quick facts about bullying.

Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.

1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4 percent of the time.

Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.

1 in 7 students in grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.

56 percent of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.

Former journalist and editor Mike Rock, author of "Bully", a book on bullying for children, was a guest on Tuesday's Mike Bastinelli show.  He talked about why he wrote the book, why he thinks bullying continues to exist, and his childhood experiences with bullying.

Click this player to listen to the interview.

Visit the official Stop Bullying website here.

 

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