Parents, Students Report Different Rates of Bullying
September 14, 2011 RSS Feed PrintAbout 70 percent of parents across the U.S. say that their child has been bullied on school grounds, according to a new survey sponsored by ADT Security Services and the Cherokee County, Ga., school district—a percentage much higher than students report.
The survey, conducted by parental protection website safetymom.com, included parents of 520 students of all grade levels. In comparison, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reported last month that approximately a quarter of high school students were bullied during the 2008-2009 school year, according to a student survey.
Not only are parents reporting higher rates of bullying, but their