Recent statistics about bullying paint an unbelievable and outrageous painting. According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students from across the United States are either bullies or victims of bullying.
What’s more, approximately 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because they are afraid of being bullied by their peers. These statistics are telling when it comes the magnitude of the problem. But numbers are just that; numbers.
They don’t do a good-enough job depicting the drama these kids go through and how bullying affects them. Every single number in those statistics is a real person who has real feelings. Keaton, the boy in the video below, is one of the many victims of bullying.
And his mom decided to share a recent video of him to show other people just how much bullying can hurt people. In the heartbreaking footage, you can see Keaton having a powerful reaction to kids bullying him in school.
“Just out of curiosity, why do they bully? What’s the point of it? Why do they find joy in taking innocent people and find a way to be mean to them? It’s not OK… People that are different don’t need to be criticized about it. It’s not their fault. If you are made fun of, just don’t let it bother you,” Keaton says in the video while his eyes start to fill with tears.
Bullying is more than just statistics, please share this clip so that more people know how devastating the consequences of bullying look like. Maybe that’s the start of finally putting an end to it.
