School violence can be physical, with students hitting or pushing their classmates, verbal through insults or threats, psychological and social with the marginalisation and isolation of children from cliques and social activities, as well as theft or damage to personal property.

The side effects of school violence and bullying on children can sometimes prove serious to their psychological health and sociability, and can even lead to suicide.

Also, victims of bullying can develop phobias, try to skip school, present learning disabilities and feel stress and insecurity.

Unfortunately, in many cases the various incidents of school violence and bullying are covered up, as they are seen as stigmatising the perpetrator, but also the victim and the school itself for not preventing them.

Generally, there seems to be lack of information and knowledge in how to deal with this social problem. Parents do not usually talk with their children about the issue, the victims avoid asking for help and teachers rarely discuss the violent and abusive behaviour or sometimes do not interfere when such incidents take place.

The data available on this matter is certainly worrying. 63% of Primary School children, 51% of Junior High and 36% of Upper High-school children in Greece claim to have been bullied.

Also, it is reported that 89% of the schoolyard scuffles involve swearing, 47,7% humiliation of the victim, whereas 55% of Primary School children report that a classmate has teased or insulted them and 37% have been hit by other children.

Another worrying sign is that the incidents involving school violence are treated differently by pupils and teachers, who apparently only notice a third of the cases, in contrast to the teachers themselves, who claim to aid in solving the problem most of the time.

Also, co-operation between teachers and parents in facing school violence are almost non-existent, as six out of ten parents do not even talk to teachers so as to address the problem.

So, even though adults, i.e. parents and teachers, seem to recognise the problem of bullying, they feel they are alone and cannot do much to deal with it.

This precise difference between willingness to act and acting itself, is where our agency comes in. In collaboration with a specialist child psychologist who will help your child deal with the violence and bullying (as a child often finds it easier to talk to someone besides the parents and reveal what has happened) but also through investigation, we can find out the situation and circumstances existing in the school so that your child's mental and physical peace is guaranteed.

We should never forget that children have a right to be in a school environment which offers them security and protection from any form of violence and bullying. This is our primary objective in every case regarding school violence, so as to make sure your child feels safe again, something which will be important for his or her social and psychological growth.