There are many statistics on childhood bullying that are readily available:

According to the most recent studies from American SPCC

• Been Bullied
  28% of U.S. students in grades 6–12 experienced bullying.
  20% of U.S. students in grades 9–12 experienced bullying.10
• Bullied Others
  Approximately 30% of young people admit to bullying others in surveys.
• Seen Bullying
  70.6% of young people say they have seen bullying in their schools.
  70.4% 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.

Clearly, bullying is a problem for school age children – but with all these statistics there are almost none that address:

When bullies “grow up”

I am a heavy man.  I was an overweight child. Having been this way almost my entire life, I have had my fair share of up-close exposure to bullies.  If … Read More