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Online Bullying

Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age

Anna Maria Chavez | Posted 04.25.2013 | Impact
Anna Maria Chavez

The traumatizing effects of cyber bullying on the emotional wellbeing of teenagers are becoming increasingly clear in our society. It leaves its victims wounded in ways that are impossible to see and difficult to heal.

Arrests Made In Case Of Teen Sexually Attacked And Tormented Online

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 04.12.2013 | Crime

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Eight days after allegedly being sexually battered while passed out at a party, and then humiliated by online photos of the a...

Social Media Fuels Hyper-patriotism

Gregory G. Allen | Posted 02.05.2013 | Media
Gregory G. Allen

When can we just go back to being Americans and not have to continue to label ourselves so we can instantly pick a fight? I long for that day to arrive.

Twitter Is Changing Kids

Jesse Miller | Posted 01.07.2013 | Technology
Jesse Miller

Has the use of Twitter provided an interactive stage to users who not only expect replies from their favorite celebrities, but who expect that any issue, criminal or personal, can be addressed, vented about or solved on Twitter?

WATCH: Tips For Parents On Setting Limits With Technology, From Carrie Goldman

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

When Carrie Goldman, parenting expert and author of "Bullied", joined me on Mondays With Marlo, we discussed how to set limits on technology for child...

'Kill Katie Klub' Forced Teen To Drop Out, But Alleged Bullying Continued Online

Posted 09.27.2012 | Home

A 16-year-old San Diego cheerleader who was repeatedly bullied by her peers says the taunting continued even after she dropped out, ABC News reports. ...

Parents, Do You Have A Clue What Your Teen Does Online?

Lisa Belkin | Posted 08.25.2012 | Parents
Lisa Belkin

Seventy percent of teens saying they lie to their parents about where they go, and what they do, online.

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

Posted 05.09.2012 | Home

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...

Women Behaving Badly

Colin Pattinson | Posted 05.08.2012 | World
Colin Pattinson

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.

Is Posting Contact Info of Homeless Advocates Online Bullying?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 06.25.2012 | Impact
Joel John Roberts

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.

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

Posted 02.16.2012 | Home

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...

Bullying in 2012: Fighting Fear With Facts

Shari Kessel Schneider | Posted 04.17.2012 | Home
Shari Kessel Schneider

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?

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

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 08.15.2012 | Home

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-campus ...

News Flash: Online Teens Actually Heed Parents' Advice

Larry Magid | Posted 01.15.2012 | Technology
Larry Magid

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.

Most Teens Have Witnessed Online Bullying

AP | Posted 01.09.2012 | Technology

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...

9 Out Of 10 Teeangers Witness Bullying On Facebook, Twitter

Posted 01.09.2012 | Home

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 ...

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

Posted 01.04.2012 | Home

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...

Exaggerating Bullying Could Increase Bullying

Larry Magid | Posted 12.26.2011 | Technology
Larry Magid

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.

(Dis)connected: My Brother's Story

Rosalind Biggs | Posted 12.10.2011 | Impact
Rosalind Biggs

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.

More Than Half Of Young People Have Been Taunted Online

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

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

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

AP | SAMANTHA HENRY | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home

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...

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

Rachel Simmons | Posted 10.08.2011 | Women
Rachel Simmons

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.

Teaching Girls How To Be Smarter Online

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Marcus | Posted 08.22.2011 | Women

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...

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

Liz Willen | Posted 05.27.2011 | Home
Liz Willen

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

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

Ronald Alexander, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.

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.