Online Bullying

Teen Hangs Herself After Months Of Bullying, 'Slut' Scrawled On Locker

Posted 05.09.2012

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Rachel Ehmke, a 13-year-old seventh grader in Mantorville, Minn., died April 29 after hanging herself at her home. The months leading up to the traged...

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Women Behaving Badly

Colin Pattinson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Internet, Women, Disability, South Korea, Bullying, Disability Rights, Online Bullying, Mental Health, Mental Health Stigma, World News

There is an abundance of criticism to be found expelled on the Internet but little compassion. These stories should highlight the failings of care for the disabled.

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Is Posting Contact Info of Homeless Advocates Online Bullying?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 04.25.2012

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Property owners created blogs, and listed the names, addresses, and phone numbers of community leaders who support homeless people's rights. If you are going to live on the streets, they say, go live near the people who advocate for you.

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State GOP Bill Would Let Schools Punish Students For Off-Campus Activity, Online Speech

Posted 02.16.2012

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A bill that would allow schools to punish students for off-campus activities -- even while at the mall on weekends -- reached Indiana's state Senate C...

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Bullying in 2012: Fighting Fear With Facts

Shari Kessel Schneider | Posted 04.17.2012

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Concern over bullying is a growing trend that worries parents and educators alike, perhaps because today bullying happens not only at school but also anywhere that youth communicate online, even at home. But what do we do about it, and whose responsibility is it to protect children and teens?

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Supreme Court Rulings: Can Schools Censor Students Who Bully On The Web -- From Home?

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 03.18.2012

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PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Supreme Court has passed up a set of cases for the online age – whether schools may censor students who are off-ca...

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News Flash: Online Teens Actually Heed Parents' Advice

Larry Magid | Posted 01.15.2012

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A study released last week by the Pew Internet and American Life Project had what might be surprising news about online teens. They actually listen to parental advice.

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Most Teens Have Witnessed Online Bullying

AP | Posted 01.09.2012

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NEW YORK -- Despite all the worries about online bullying, more than two-thirds of teenagers on social-networking sites say their peers are mostly kin...

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9 Out Of 10 Teeangers Witness Bullying On Facebook, Twitter

Posted 01.09.2012

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Most teens aged 12 to 17 are now online, and most of those use social media sites, according to a new survey. The prevalence of this online community ...

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Asian-American Students Bullied More Than Those In Any Other Ethnic Group

Posted 01.04.2012

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For the most part, the instance of student victimization in schools has fallen since 1995, according to a new report by the National Center for Educat...

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Exaggerating Bullying Could Increase Bullying

Larry Magid | Posted 12.26.2011

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Putting the bullying problem into its proper perspective doesn't minimize it, but actually helps prevent it from getting worse. There is a lot of solid research that shows that if people overestimate anti-social or harmful behavior, they are more likely to engage in it themselves.

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(Dis)connected: My Brother's Story

Rosalind Biggs | Posted 12.10.2011

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We've hidden behind the idea that "bullies will be bullies" or "they're just kids" for too long. Just because abuse takes place online does not mean that it's any less real, less harmful, or less fatal.

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More Than Half Of Young People Have Been Taunted Online

AP | CONNIE CASS and STACY A. ANDERSON | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON — Catherine Devine had her first brush with an online bully in seventh grade, before she'd even ventured onto the Internet. Someone s...

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'Country's Toughest Anti-bullying Law" Marks Anniversary Of Student Suicide

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 11.23.2011

NEWARK, N.J. — Does one second-grader saying another has "cooties" rise to the level of bullying? That is just one question emerging from new le...

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The New Odd Girl Out: Why Social Media Makes Girls So Insecure

Rachel Simmons | Posted 10.08.2011

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A girl's social networking profile is a persona she constructs, a salve for the anxiety so many girls feel about relationships. All this, however, at a cost: the same tools girls use to alleviate insecurity are just as likely to inflame it.

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Teaching Girls How To Be Smarter Online

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Marcus | Posted 08.22.2011

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Unless you monitor every key stroke your daughter makes, you probably don't know the extent of socializing she does online. There are already 7.5 mill...

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Two N.J. Principals With Vastly Different Views On Social Media In School

Liz Willen | Posted 05.27.2011

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Sheninger's embrace of social media was a big turnaround for a principal who had once banned cell phones.

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Cyber-Bullying: It's Not Cool To Be Cruel

Ronald Alexander, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Why are we experiencing this almost epidemic of malicious behavior? One reason may be a lack of empathy and compassion, which are both a behavior and an attitude.

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The Psychiatric Issues Behind Cyberbullying

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 11.17.2011

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Children and teens want to be normal, and when they struggle with psychiatric issues, they tend to have difficulty "fitting in." Differences make these kids vulnerable to bullying.

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Books by Five Fierce Women: Cherie Currie, Kelly Cutrone, Melissa Febos, Chris O'Dell, and Sue Scheff

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you're looking for a great summer read by a woman writer who really has a tale to tell, I invite you to take a look at one or all of these titles.

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A New Age In Advertising: Teaching Teenagers About Online Harassment

nytimes.com | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sending nude pictures, whether it is done under pressure or not, is part of a pattern of teenage behavior that the Family Violence Prevention Fund, a ...

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