Half of young people, aged 13 to 20, have bullied another person, with a third of these bullying someone at least once a week, a study has suggested.
Furthermore, the victims say that bullying is driving them to self-harm, suicidal thoughts, truancy, drugs and alcohol.
The stark reminder of the size of the challenge facing schools and anti-bullying organisations has come from the annual survey by the Ditch the Label charity, which works with schools to support vulnerable young people.
The study, involving 3,600 young people – the bulk of whom were aged 13 to 18 – found that 50 per cent said they had bullied someone, with 30 per cent of these admitting that they bullied at least once a week.
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