Your 14-Year-Old Sister Is Constantly Being Harassed at School

Your 14-year-old sister is constantly being harassed at school. She has done all that she can to avoid and prevent the bullying besides just dropping out of school. She has decided that all she can do is try to avoid the perpetrators. What can you tell her regarding how long this type of behaviour continues? The bullying will ____.

A) intensify as adolescence continues
B) remain about the same throughout adolescence
C) slowly decline by late adolescence
D) decrease substantially by late adolescence