Bullying

Let's Take Bullying Seriously

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.27.2008 | Living


Marian Wright Edelman

We must understand that many bullies also are victims. Some children and teens that torment others are being mistreated themselves.

Ladies Who Launch: Bullies and Bystanders Beware

Amy Swift | Posted 05.15.2008 | Living


Amy Swift

Ladies Who Launch member Lisa Finan dives into the deep end on violence and lays down a good argument for bringing social skills into the curriculum, classroom and principles office.

When Silence Speaks Volumes

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home


Rep. Lois Capps

Today is the 12th Annual National Day of Silence, an annual observation in which students across the country take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT harassment faced by individuals in schools.

Not Your Grandma's Cage Fighting

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

One might assume that children would be prohibited from being thrown into a chain-link box and told to enact every school-yard bully's fantasy. You would be wrong. It is still legal in Missouri.

Billy Wolfe - Part II

Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.07.2008 | Living


Jonathan Fast

None of the behavior exhibited in the Wolfe story the should come as a surprise. We know that victims of bullying are often bullies themselves, and vice versa.

Bullying Billy Wolfe - Part I

Jonathan Fast | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living


Jonathan Fast

What makes Billy Wolfe's case unusual was not the frequency or brutality of the beatings, but the fact that Billy's parents decided to sue the parents of one of the bullies.

It's Not Just About Lunch Money Anymore

Michelle Renee | Posted 02.05.2008 | Living


Michelle Renee

Cyber bullying takes what used to be schoolyard insults, pushing, and shoving to a whole new, expansive, and very dangerous level.

Language, Political Discourse, & the Scathing Comment

Peter Clothier | Posted 01.11.2008 | Living


Peter Clothier

In a society where the fear of being considered insignificant is a constant threat to the fragile ego, we defend ourselves by shouting louder and more rudely than the next man or woman.


 

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