Bullying of teenagers in our society has been widespread for decades! However, today bullying and its effects are widespread and more publicly recognized. Bullying by definition is “intentionally aggressive behavior that can take many forms; verbal, physical, social/relational/emotional bullying, cyberbullying, or any combination of these; it involves an imbalance of power and often recurs over a period of time. (Carpenter & Ferguson, n.d.) Common behaviors recognized as bullying include name-calling, insults, spreading rumors, verbal threats, menacing, harassment, intimidation, social isolation or exclusion, and physical assault. Bullying can happen anywhere, but it mostly happens in places where adult supervision is lacking. (Carpenter & Ferguson, n.d.) According to the National Youth Violence Prevention Center, “Nearly 30% of youth in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in bullying as the bully, the target of bullying, or both. ” (Stutzky, n.d.) According to these statistics, bullying exists in almost every classroom and in every school in the United States. (Stutzky, n.d.) Thanks also to modern technology, bullying is no longer just a face-to-face problem. Cyberbullying is a growing phenomenon of peer-to-peer attacks online 24 hours a day, seven days a week (“What is Cyber, n.d.”) Furthermore, recent statistics have shown that when a child is bullied, in 85% of cases. no one steps in. “Being bullied is not just an unpleasant rite of passage through childhood,” said Duane Alexander, MD, director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (“Bullying is widespread in ”, 2001) “It is a public health problem that deserves attention (“Bullying w…… half of the document…. ..6EEB30B9982 ("Mental Health America: Bullying", 2012) Mishna, F., Newman, P., Daly, A. and Solomon, S. (2009) Bullying of young lesbian and gay men: a British qualitative investigation Journal of Social Work, 39, 1598-1614. doi: doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm148(Mishna, Newman, Daly & Solomon, 2009) Presgraves, D. (2010, September 14, 2009). Retrieved from http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/news/record/2624.html(Presgraves, 2010) What is Cyberbullying (n.d.). gov/what-is-it/index.html("What is cyber, n.d." )Stutzky, G. (n.d.). National Resource Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence: Fact Sheet on Bullying. Retrieved from http://www.ippsr.msu.edu/Documents/Forums/2006_Mar_Bullying_--_National_Youth_Violence_Prevention_Resource_Center -- Provided by Mr. Glenn Stutzky.pdf(Stutzky, n.d..)