Keeley Houghton, just like most other 18-year-old teenagers, has an account on Facebook, but she has been detained for three months in a young offenders' institution for making death threats to Emily Moore, also 18, on the popular social networking site. She is the first...
I was shocked when I heard this on the news this morning. "ChildLine is a free 24 hour counselling service for children and young people up to and including 18 in the UK provided by The NSPCC.[1] ChildLine deals with any issue which causes distress or concern, such as child...
Although bullying is an old problem, it sure seems to have a new face. Starting out as a teacher three decades ago, I tended to tell parents to simply step out of the picture and let their son or daughter face their bullies on their own. That was the advice our parents gave...
created by nowinchicago | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago 207 views | 3 recommendations | 2 comments
A couple weeks ago, I attended Anti-Defamation League’s Cyberbullying Symposium along with 200+ students, educators and school leaders. The keynote speaker was John Halligan, a name many of you remember...
opinion by laurenatc | 24 wks ago 245 views | 26 recommendations | 6 comments
Beth Smith, mother of Elk Plain School of Choice student Piper Smith, was justifiably outraged when a YouTube video called Top Six Ways to Kill Piper appeared on the popular online video hosting service. Far...
opinion by Tina Kells | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago 5121 views | 16 recommendations | 15 comments
"These are only the heartbreaking headlines that have caught our attention," said NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi. "We know that there are many more students whose stories don't make the headlines." Bullying is...
This force has been told by a high court judge in London that, they have spent all their time on a nit picking exercise in search of a technical loophole, in order to avoid answering any questions over incidents...
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Tom Daley, the 14 year-old Olympic diver from Britain has quit school after repeated bullying throughout the year.Daley, who placed seventh in the 10 metre individual dive at the Beijing games, has faced bullying...
created by Blaine Metzgar | 28 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago 1138 views | 2 recommendations | 6 comments
The 13th Annual National Day of Silence is taking place today in thousands of schools across the United States. Participating students will take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling,...
Carl Joseph Walker Hoover was only 11 years old when he took his own life and now his parents are speaking out about the brutal bullying that they blame for his suicide. Carl Joseph was an active student at the New Leadership Charter School, an athlete, and a boy scout - he...
created by Tina Kells | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago 3770 views | 18 recommendations | 15 comments
i am calling for the immediate public shaming of, and lawsuits for abuse, against Ann Bauer, the mother of Andrew Bauer, a person who started life as autistic and has since been destroyed and changed into a violent...
opinion by dysamoria | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 583 views | 38 recommendations | 22 comments
Premier Gordon Campbell and CKNW talk show host Christie Clark, may wish they had left their pink shirts in the closet as their own bullying baggage is dragged out along with the shirts. Campbell has declared Feb....
created by jr | 37 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 540 views | 39 recommendations | 7 comments
Countries throughout the European Union highlighted Safer Internet Day on February 10 with a commitment to making the web a safer place for youth. Research involving approximately 20,000 Internet users between the...
The world has welcomed new American President-elect Barack Obama. When French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner said that the French and others around the world "welcome the election of a man committed to dialogue between peoples and communities and cooperation among...
created by mnepali | 1 year ago 54 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
"(CNN) -- In a blistering speech before the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed "a few bullying powers" for creating the world's problems and said the "American empire in the world is reaching the end of its road." ...
opinion by master_jim2008 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 211 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments