In yet another tragic news story about teens who chose suicide over continuing to be victims of bullying, two fourteen year-old girls from Minnesota were found hanged on April 16, 2011. The bullying, according to the mothers of Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz, was done mostly via Facebook and text messaging. Haylee had, reportedly, told ...
Bullying use to be something that kids encountered in school. Today there are many different types of bullying that are affecting kids in and out of the school environment. Technology has allowed kids to bully in many different ways including online and through text messages. Physical Bullying Physical bullies will use force such as hitting, ...
The topic of bullying has come to the forefront again following tragic cases like that of 17-year-old Jesse Buchsbaum, a high school student who was found hanged to death after reportedly being the subject of bullying at school. Jesse’s mother, Louise, told news sources that Jesse had a learning disability and didn’t socialize much with ...
Bullying is a serious issue that I learned a great deal about during my time working as the program coordinator of a violence prevention and intervention program for adolescents at the YWCA in Cincinnati, Ohio. I visited local schools, where I taught students how to respond if they were bullied or if they saw other ...
Bullying was once considered to be a part of the growing up process. But not anymore. Because of the increase of violence in the school system, bullying is no longer considered to be just a phase that some kids will go through. Bullying has now gone hi-tech. In the past, bullying was done one of ...
As a parent, it is your responsibility to protect your child from harm. That includes keeping them away from physical harm (such as a hot stove), and psychological harm. One of the most psychologically damaging issues that a child can face is sibling bullying. Sibling bullying is a toxic and unhealthy issue in a family. ...
Bullying is an issue which affects all members of the school and community. At the high school level, teens can often take bullying to extreme levels, causing significant emotional and/or physical harm to survivors of bullying. Including a lesson plan as part of the high school classroom can help to educate students on the many ...
Being a high school student in the mid-90s was a terrifying experience. The constant threat of school shootings and bomb threats were a daily reality for this 1999 graduate. Watching as thousands of students in school similar to our own were being gunned down by their peers kept us constantly on the look out for ...
