The study was conducted with children between the ages of 11 and 17, and parents with kids of those ages. It's available online, and I'd be happy to make it available to the committee. We also collected a lot of data about cyber-bullying, which is what you're alluding to, the problem that people can say things in this environment and kids can take it the wrong way and lose control.
Our data actually suggest the opposite. The kids we talked to indicated that cyber-bullying was easier to deal with than real-world bullying because it leaves a paper trail. You can point and say, “See, she said that”, and you can go to adults and get some help. They were well aware of the fact that kids are more likely to say things that are a little bit more outrageous because it's not face to face. But they said, “Well, that's easy, as you can just confront them face to face; and if not, then you go and get a parent. That's when you need help from your parents”.
There isn't a lot of empirical evidence to support the position that this form of bullying is actually exacerbating suicidal tendencies. There is evidence to suggest it's the opposite, that it's actually easier to deal with.
What we did get very clearly from the kids, and you'll see that if you look at the report, is that their schools' response to bullying has been with zero-tolerance policies and total surveillance. That means they can't go to the school, they can't go to the teacher, even if it's a teacher they trust, because they know the principal will be called in, then the cops will be called in, and they'll lose control.
In many ways, we're over-reacting to a particular problem and not giving them the support they need precisely because we're trying to protect them.