The Bully - Problem

Everyone is bullied at some point in our lives, at school at home, at work, at sport events and social outings. According to stopbullying.gov there are three types of bullying:

1. Verbal Bullying - Saying or writing mean things
It includes: Teasing, Name-calling, Inappropriate sexual comments, Taunting, Threatening to cause harm.
2. Social Bullying - Hurting someone's reputation or relationships
It includes: Leaving someone out on purpose, Telling others not to be friends with someone, Spreading rumors about     someone, Embarrassing someone in public.
3. Physical Bullying - Hurting a person's body or possessions
    It includes: Hitting, Kicking, Pinching, Spitting, Tripping, Pushing, Taking or Breaking someone's things, Making mean or rude hand gestures.

 Statistics - (from stopbullying.gov)

•     Over 70% of young people have seen bullying in their schools.
•     Over 70% of school staff have seen bullying, 62% witnessed bullying two or more times in the last month and 41% witness bullying once a week or more.
•     When bystanders intervene bully stops within 10 seconds 57% of the time.
•     49% of children in grades 4 - 12 reported being bullied by other students at school at least once during the past month, whereas 30.8% reported bullying others during that time.
•     According to a large study, the following percentages of middle school students had experienced bullying in these various places at school: classroom (29.3%), hallway or lockers (29%), cafeteria (23.4%), gym or PE class (19.5%), bathroom (12.2%), playground or recess (6.2%).
•     Only about 20% - 30% of students who are bullied notify adults about the bullying

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    From Percentages to actual numbers

•     About 56.6 million children will attend school this year. If we use this number then 39,6 million students have seen bullying in their schools, and 27,7 million children reported bullying by other students at least once during the past month and 17,4 million students reported bullying others during that time!

    

    The problem is real, it is big, it is everywhere, but bullying can be beaten!

transformative solutions

Hashtag Big Bad Bully is a grassroots campaign to eradicate bullying from our ranks everywhere. Built around the revolutionary Hashtag Big Bad Bully Book we are actively sharing the true meaning of HASHTAG: Have A Sweet Heart Treat All Good. Our goal is to place a copy into the hands of every child in the USA and beyond. Its story is captivating and original.  The message transformative and powerful and the resources are helpful for a tremendous impact. 
    
School Assemblies
Armed with this tremendous book we plan to develop interactive "school assembly" resources like videos, stories and testimonials to inform and inspire. We will be asking each student to sign the Hashtag Pledge (Have A Sweet Heart Treat All Good) against bullying of any kind. Our soon to be released App is also an empowering tool to influence and inspire students to bring about a change of heart.  To stand with us against bullying in an effective and decisive way.
    
Other Outlets
Hashtag Big Bad Bully is an amazing resource to change hearts everywhere. It can be effective wherever children gather, clubs, sports teams, parties, community events and more. Bullying must be addressed globally and nationally, but it starts personally by influencing one heart at a time. Our persistence will pay off. If we can influence a child to be better and not bitter, to pledge never to bully another on any level, then we have helped to spare countless victims from this ordeal.  
    
Hashtag Big Bad Bully is personal and practical and with the help of passionate people like you we can change the bullying culture in our communities. 


​Have A Sweet Heart Treat All Good