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'Freak' Printed Next To Student's Name In Yearbook

2013-05-15T11:55:33Z

We’ve heard of cyberbullying and physical bullying, but yearbook bullying is a new low.

Dylan Worthen, a 16-year-old freshman at Georgia’s Sou...

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Wayne Maines: My First Rainbow Ball

2013-05-13T11:28:01Z

Nicole was in the audience and I wanted so much not to embarrass her, but within minutes I was in tears. I saw girls, boys, and chaperones openly weeping. Every story touched a chord, snowballing into more emotion.

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Stuart Muszynski: Does Hate Live Among Us?

2013-05-08T16:10:51Z

If meanness and hate are ingrained, albeit unfortunate parts of human nature, we must create communities that reinforce our other natural tendencies toward kindness and against meanness.

Read more: Steubenville Rape Case, Moral Education, Developmental Psychology, Education, American Values, Meanness, Boston Marathon Bombings, Millenial Generation, Bullying, American Culture, Bullying and Violence, School Bullying, Impact News

Ian Thompson: The Single Most Important Step Congress Could Take To Improve The Lives Of LGBT Students

2013-04-18T16:52:07Z

Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) have reintroduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act, vitally important legislation that is modeled on Title IX that would create a comprehensive prohibition against discrimination against LGBT students in our nation's public schools.

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After Parents File Claim, School Denies California Teen Reported Bullying

2013-04-18T09:12:00Z

By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (Reuters) - A California couple who said their teenage daughter killed herself after classmat...

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Nina Burleigh: Time to Talk About Misogynist Bullying

2013-04-12T11:30:06Z

It's very popular right now to talk about bullying. But it is way past time to start talking about misogynist bullying as a separate category of abuse aimed at young girls, and as something that requires a separate cure.

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Rabbi Edward Bernstein: From Affliction To Joy On Facebook

2013-04-12T10:34:35Z

In our fast-paced highly connected world, we see all too often abuse of the Internet as a means for wide-spread gossip, lies and hurtful behavior. How beautiful it is indeed when the energy of this powerful tool can be harnessed to promote healing and friendship.

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WATCH: Bullies Called Me Gay, Shot Me With A BB Gun

2013-04-11T13:23:33Z

LOS ANGELES - The last place a mother thinks her child will get shot is in class.

But that's exactly what happened to Soloman Harris, an eighth gra...

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Rob Furman: Being a Global Victim in the World of Social Media Cyber Bullying

2013-04-08T18:43:44Z

Bullies can now take their hurt to a whole new level. Now they can hide behind screens. Now they can use words that are considered profane and hide behind false avatars and fake user names. Now they can post about you and have thousands of responses from around the globe in minutes.

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Tom Judson: Why I Hate Sports

2013-04-05T10:57:59Z

In the classroom I held my own and in the music department I excelled, but these things didn't really matter at our school; esteem was earned by athletic prowess and nothing else.

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Anti-Bullying Plea Packs Viral Wallop

2013-04-04T15:37:59Z

His son said he was being bullied at middle school, so Matthew Bent fought back on Facebook.

Now, the Kaukauna, Wisc., dad's plea to end school bul...

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Cindy Waitt: The Upstanders

2013-04-02T15:24:10Z

Now, more than ever, we need to create more "upstanders" and not only among our youth, but in partnership with parents, school staff, and finally, the whole community.

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School District Bans Dodgeball, Citing Bullying Concerns

2013-03-28T18:18:11Z

Students attending Windham schools in New Hampshire, won't be dodging balls during gym class anymore. The school district voted to ban dodgeball and o...

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WATCH: Illinois Student Allegedly Has Horrific Gay Slur Written On His Neck By Classmate

2013-03-21T12:38:03Z

The mother of a seventh grade student claims that a student wrote an anti-gay slur on her son's neck in permanent marker, the latest in what she belie...

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Signe Whitson: The Decisive Element in the Classroom: What Successful Classroom Teachers Do to Stop Bullying

2013-03-21T12:13:12Z

Classroom teachers have everything to do with stopping bullying. There. I said it. The teachers who are making a difference in the movement to stop bullying are engaged role models of kindness and expert masters of diplomacy.

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High School Staff Bullied LGBT Students, ACLU Says

2013-03-19T09:00:00Z

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California claims administrators at Sultana High School are bullying students in an 11-page ...

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Teen Sues School Districts Over Alleged Bullying

2013-03-18T17:40:22Z

A New Jersey teenager is suing two local school districts for not doing more to stop the relentless bullying he allegedly endured from fourth grade un...

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Cesar Millan: Ending Bullying, One Dog at a Time

2013-03-18T14:13:53Z

What is instinctual is empathy -- the ability to understand how other people are feeling and to take their feelings into consideration when dealing with them.

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Mom Uses Embarrassing T-Shirt To Punish Child

2013-03-14T17:45:25Z

A Colorado parent used an arguably controversial method to teach a child a lesson: public humiliation.

Jessica Rocha of Fort Morgan forced her fia...

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From Bullied Gay Teen, To Broadway Chorus Boy, To Young Adult Author

2013-03-12T12:05:32Z

Tim Federle danced in five Broadway musicals over the course of a decade, so it’s a bit of a surprise when he says it was his behind-the-scenes stin...

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Toni Nagy: Is Empathy the Antidote to Bullying?

2013-02-27T16:43:49Z

Sometimes, a movie is just a movie, but what happens when a movie becomes a movement? Bully touched me in a profound way, not only because it made me reflect on my own life, but also on the life of my daughter.

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Leigh Flayton: I Was A Bully -- And I've Never Forgotten

2013-02-15T07:51:19Z

How could I have done such a thing? What kind of awful, evil person was I? And what would my parents think if they knew -- and how would they punish me?

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WATCH: How One Principal Convinced A Bullied Student To Stay In School

2013-02-14T10:48:29Z

For years, John McDonogh High School has been hampered by low academic performance and stigmatized by a culture of violence. The challenge of bringing...

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WATCH: 2 Students Arrested After Vicious School Bus Attack

2013-02-08T15:55:05Z

Florida 16-year-old Chase Cristia was standing up for a friend during lunch, when another J. W. Mitchell High School student threatened her last Frida...

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Mallika Chopra: Where Do We Draw the Line With Bullying?

2013-02-08T15:40:30Z

Kids can be mean. Perhaps it's part of their exploration of boundaries and their power in social circles. As parents, we can teach our own kids the importance of kindness, respect and treating others as we want them to be treated. And, we can guide them to stand up to bullies.

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