Ressurection Pictures: Stats and Facts About Bullying In The U.S.

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 20, 2009 -
Debuting this fall—just in time for the new school year.  "The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry" is a story about three 12-year-old boys who are confronted by one of the most prevalent problems faced by this generation of youth…bullying.  

With the gentle guidance of an older and wiser mentor, Jonathan Sperry, played by Gavin MacLeod, the boys adopt a different approach—following Biblical guidelines—with life- and community-altering results.  

Did You Know?
In a national survey of students in grades six through 10:
□  Thirteen percent reported bullying others

□  Eleven percent reported being the target of bullies

□  Six percent said that they bullied others and were bullied themselves.  [National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center]

  Bullying occurs most frequently in sixth through eighth grade.  Males were both more likely to bully others and more likely to be victims of bullying than were females.   [National Institute of Child Health and Development]

  Research indicates that as many as 75 percent of teens have been bullied online, but only one in 10 have reported the problem to parents or other adults [UCLA Study—October 2008]

  Forty-one percent of the teenagers surveyed reported between one and three online bullying incidents over the course of a year, 13 percent reported four to six incidents and 19 percent reported seven or more incidents.  [UCLA Study—October 2008]

  Between 15 and 25 percent of U.S. students are bullied with some frequency while 15-20 percent report bullying others with some frequency.  [UCLA Study—October 2008]

The Bigger Impact of Bullying
  Young kids who bully others are more likely to than those who don’t bully to skip school and drop out of school. They are also more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, get into fights and vandalize property. [National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center]

  Sixty percent of boys who were bullies in middle school had at least one criminal conviction by the age of 24. [[National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center]

  Kids who are bullied can be scared enough to skip school.  As many as 160,000 students may stay home on any given day because they're afraid of being bullied. [National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center]


[1] Source: http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/faq/bullying.asp
[2] National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week  http://www.pacer.org/bullying/index.asp
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Resurrection Pictures was founded in 2006 as the first—and possibly the only—501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt ministry with a mission to produce and distribute Christian-themed entertainment for movie theaters worldwide.  This Christian film ministry is shaping the future of the faith-based film industry by investing in the work of others who share a vision to create high-quality, culturally relevant entertainment options that share the Gospel message.  In September 2009, Resurrection Pictures is partnering in the release of “The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry”—a heartwarming coming-of-age story about three 12-year-old boys who are shown how to apply Scripture to daily struggles—and is a 2009 Silver Sponsor of the 168 Hour Film Project & Festival.  “Creation,” Resurrection Pictures’ first original film project, is a biopic that dramatizes the life of Kent “Dr. Dino” Hovind, tracing his rise to prominence as one of America’s best known creation evangelists, and his eventual fall from grace due to income tax evasion. The film will be written by Kevin Miller, writer of “EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed.” It is scheduled for production in 2010.

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