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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010Principals didn’t stop school bullies and now there are more school bullying-caused suicides. In all of the cases I’ll describe, there were differences in the bullies’ methods of harassing and abusing their targets. But what was the same was that the parents complained and the responsible school teachers and principals didn’t protect the children in [...]
Is it Normal for Kids to Bully?
Friday, September 17th, 2010At every presentation for teachers wanting to stop school bullying, I get asked, “Is bullying normal?”
Inept, Unskilled or Over-Protective Mothers Sabotage Daughters
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Inept, unskilled or over-protective mothers sabotage their daughters. Almost all the women who’ve interviewed me on radio and TV or who’ve called in with comments have said that their mothers told them to rise above mean girls, to be nicer and kinder to bullies, to be nice because the mean girls were being bullied at [...]
Stop Bullies: Girls Bullying Girls
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Just as many girls as boys are bullies but girls more often target other girls. Girls do bully other girls physically. One publicized example is the Florida girls who beat up a classmate and then posted the video on YouTube. However, most girl-girl bullying is verbal and emotional. Seven of the nine bullies were girls [...]
Stopping School Bullies Requires More than Laws, Policies
Monday, March 8th, 2010State laws and school policies are necessary, but they’re not enough to stop school bullies. The third necessary ingredient is the responsible people who are paid to make schools safe. If teachers, psychologists and counselors, assistant principals, principals, district administrators and school board members don’t create effective school programs and don’t enforce the laws and [...]
Stop Bullying: Bystanders/Witnesses’ Moments of Choice
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010There are moments of choice in all our lives when we are called upon to stand up for our best dreams and aspirations. Sometimes we recognize and seize these opportunities, sometimes we ignore these moments and sometimes we don’t ever hear their call to our spirits. Each of these moments and our responses create long-lasting [...]
Sexting Suicide: Vicious Boys, Mean Girls and Self-Bullying
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Andrew Meacham in the Tampa Bay Times article, “Sexting-related bullying cited in Hillsborough teen’s suicide,” reports on the suicide of Hope Witsell. Witsell’s death follows the sexting-triggered suicide of Jessica Logan who was taunted, harassed, bullied and abused for similar reasons. Of course, ultimately the choice was Hope Witsell’s, but the principals and district administrators [...]
Stop a 4-Year Old Bully
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009A New York Times blog post by Lisa Belkin, “A Bully at Age 4?” raises the question, “How young is too young to be a bully?” A comment from a parent described a big 4-year old child hitting other 4-year old kids at school, not allowing other kids to play if he didn’t feel like [...]
Effective Laws can Stop Cyber Bullying, Harassment and Abuse
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Missouri has responded effectively to cyber bullying via web sites and text messaging; has your state? After the Lori Drew case in Missouri, in which a MySpace account was used to bully 13-year old Megan Meier, who committed suicide, Missouri legislators passed laws criminalizing cyber-bullying, harassment and abuse, and schools created zero-tolerance policies. School authorities [...]
If Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus can be bullied, how can your daughter stop school bullies?
Sunday, October 11th, 2009As reported in the Huffington Post, to focus attention on National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Disney star Demi Lovato has gone public. She was bullied so much in school that she and her parents chose to do home schooling rather than face the bullies at school. Her story follows Miley Cyrus telling of being bullied, [...]
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