Is your child being Bullied?

Warning Signs:
- Comes home from school with torn, damaged, or missing clothing, books and belongings.
- Has unexpected bruises, injuries, cuts and scratches.
- Does not bring classmates or other peers home after school and seldom spends time in the homes of classmates.
- Seems isolated from peers and may not have a good friend to share time with.
- Appears to be fearful about attending school, walking to and from school, or riding the bus.
- Has poor appetite, headaches, and stomach pains (particularly in the morning).
- Asks for or takes extra money from family (money that may go to a bully).
- Appears anxious, distressed, unhappy, depressed or tearful when he or she comes home from school.
- Shows unexpected mood shifts, irritability, or sudden outburst of temper.
- Has sleeping or eating problems.
- May lose interest in school work and experience a decline in academic performance.
- Talks about or attempts suicide.

The above was taken from the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado at Boulder
all credit is given to them.