by Gil Valo

Created on: December 06, 2011

Suicide is the third major reason children and teenagers lose their lives. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 4,400 deaths per year. One-hundred young people attempted suicide in retrospect to one successful suicide actually committed. Over 14 percent of students in high school think of committing suicide, and nearly 7 percent of them have made an attempt at taking their own life.

The 2010 bullying statistics show there are 2.7 million students who are victimized by bullying each year. 2.1 percent of students play the roll of a troublemaking bully

Suicide statistics in the United Kingdom show that there are at least 16 children who kill themselves each year because they are being bullied at school and school administrators have chosen to ignore their problem. List of cases]

Public Schools are encouraged to implement stronger anti-bullying regulations in their daily programs. Leading school administrators are experiencing more pressure from complaining parents and students; they receive valuable backup from the national media. Some parents sue schools because their kids are harassed by bullying. Unfortunate suicidal deaths have alarmed network journalists; they encourage the public to take assertive action against bullying. Many school administrative practices in handling various forms of bullying have been ineffective.

Violent and verbal bullying in the public school is a complicated problem, and there is no easy solution. Often times, teachers don’t take the young kids’ complaints seriously enough and wait too long to take action. School administrator’s attitude of indifference is one major reason suicidal deaths have increased in the public school system.

Victims of harassing bullies feel like they are fighting a losing battle. They are placed in an uncomfortable situation of being forced to strike back in defense but are accused by teachers and principals of voluntary fighting; they get blamed and punished as much as their aggressors.

School faculty members can’t take the side of kids who claim they are bullied. Frequently administrators stand behind the excuse that they must eyewitness the verbal harassment or violent fight themselves. They don’t want to commit themselves to making an unfair decision, and feel it is to their best interest to punish both students involved in heated confrontations.

Some school kids suggest learning self-defense and believe it should be taught as part

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