There are multiple theories indicating that the effect of hearing loss on the decline of mental health and dementia is significant. One recognized risk factor that scientists have long known is the effect of social isolation on those with hearing loss.
About 36 percent of middle school students reported being bullied, compared to 25.8 percent of high school students. Twenty-eight percent of freshmen were bullied at least once during the school year compared to 1 in 5 seniors.
In Dallas, Texas there was a controversy over four security guards that whipped some kids who broke into a mall. The parents of the kids said that the guards had no right to discipline their kids, but the guards said that they did what they did because the village raises the children..