Bullying at School

In separate events, two teenagers are believed to have committed suicide in response to bullying. Just when we thought that horrible trend had passed, the two unrelated deaths occurred this past Saturday. Lance Lundsten from Minnesota and Tiffani Maxwell from Pennsylvania both allegedly took their own lives after being bullied at school. Lance Lundsten, 18-year-old student from Miltona, Minnesota, killed himself on Saturday evening according to a local station, KSAX. The local sheriff’s...Read Full Story

We have seen recent focus in the news media of heart breaking stories of young LGBT youths either being killed, committing suicide or being seriously injured all because of the effects of bullying.  As the debate on equality for the gay community continues to escalate and some of the rhetoric gets more volatile,  the trickle down effect often manifests itself in violent behavior on school grounds. Bullying is really just another face of  Hate and is truly criminal.  What in popular culture...Read Full Story

Anti-bullying -- downloads Teachers TV Think of what we need to stop school bullying as if you were imagining a target with a bull’s eye in the center. Everything in the bull’s eye is necessary. If you leave out one of the elements in the bull’s eye, you won’t be successful.. to know that the effects of being a victim can be life-long. Which they surely will be, unless these kids have a chance to learn the hard lessons of life and form some backbone on their own,. Anyway suicide is caused by...Read Full Story

1st Grade Geek Girl Is Getting Bullied For Liking Star Wars Not. CBBC Newsround UK Some bullied kids say they’re bullies too School Bullies Bully at Home, Too LiveScience -- Are bullies victims too Teachers Can Be Bullied Too -- The Daily Beast And yes, I got teased and bullied for liking ‘boy’ stuff, too. Hey, ‘boy stuff’ was so much cooler and more fun than Barbie or Holly Hobby. Worse, my albinism made me stand out like a sore thumb, so I had to deal with constant taunts. Children who are...Read Full Story

AP – Two teenage girls have been charged under Florida’s law against cyberbullying after authorities say they created a Facebook account in a classmate’s name and posted a faked nude photograph of her. PALO ALTO, CA Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful. Facebook has gotten out of control, said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, and the stress. Chris Christie has signed an anti-bullying bill...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /CitizenWire/ — Jackie Fame, Inc. (FAME), the leading kid/teen social network www.JFame.com, is joining forces with The Weinstein Company to promote the movie "Bully." After much debate over the rating, the PG-13 version of the anti-bullying documentary will open in 115 theaters.FAME and the AMC Cinema chain will sponsor several "Bully Movie Events" across the country, with selected theaters offering free admission to a one-night "Bully" awareness event – with the...Read Full Story

Question: During a repeat airing of a “Dr. Phil” episode from October about the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, high school students discussed being bullied because of their sexualities with “Ugly Betty” star Mark Indelicato. One sixteen-year-old student interviewed identified as “pansexual,” sending people across the nation a-Googling. So what is pansexuality? Answer: Pansexuality, also known as omnisexuality, refers to attraction to people regardless of their gender identity or...Read Full Story

A NINE-YEAR-OLD Colorado boy claims he was suspended from his elementary school after fighting back against a bully who was beating him. Nathan Pemberton, a third-grader at West Elementary School in Colorado Springs, was suspended Tuesday following a physical altercation with another student, KDVR-TV reported.   “One kid kicked me in the back, then punched me in the face. Then I punched him in the face and then I got in trouble,” the boy told the station.The boy’s parents said their son has...Read Full Story

Bullying has reached a new level in the information age. Youth and adults are using new tools in cowardly ways for the purpose of intimidation. My short story, "John Brake's Wars," is based on true events that occurred during my childhood, long before cyber bullying. The story is about a friend of mine, a school aged boy, who was relentlessly bullied.I can attest that we are seeing an increase in this form of hostile behavior in recent years. Cyber bullying has given small minds big tools...Read Full Story

Bullying: Bullies and the Bullied Newscast Media HOUSTON, Texas –Bullying has sparked recent public health and media attention and is defined as physical or psychological aggression repeatedly directed toward another student who is perceived by the aggressor as weaker and less powerful than himself or herself. Systematic international research has shown school bullying to be a frequent and serious public health problem. But psychologists are using this research to develop bullying prevention...Read Full Story