The statistics are worth a read by every parent that has a young child in schools.
According to the study conducted by the Australian Covert Bullying Prevalence Study, 1 out of 4 students (in a sample of 20,832 Australian students ages 8 – 14 years) was reported being bullied every few weeks or more, with the highest frequency of report from children in Year 5 (age 10-11 years) (C…
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