Bullies at School
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Monday, August 3rd, 2009In his article in the Costco Connections, “Stop Hassling Me: Breaking the Cycle of Bullying,” Steve Fisher quotes Psychologist Izzy Kalman as saying:
“School anti-bullying programs don’t work.”
“I hate referring to kids as bullies.”
“Be nice to kids when they’re mean to you and before long they will stop being mean. This is known as the Golden […]
Lori Drew Acquitted by Judge in Cyber Bullying Suicide Case
Thursday, July 16th, 2009On July 2, a federal judge overturned guilty verdicts rendered by the jury against Lori Drew, 50, who was accused of participating in a cyber bullying scheme against 13-year-old Megan Meier, who later committed suicide.
This case demonstrates why we need federal laws to stop cyber bullying, harassment and abuse.
Federal Anti-Cyber Bullying Laws Needed to Stop Harassment, Bullying and Abuse
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009According to the Wall Street Journal article, “CyberBullying Report Opposes Regulation,” a recent report on cyberbullying suggests that, unlike other Internet scares, this one is well-founded, but it questions some of the regulatory efforts that are gathering steam. “The report, by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a right-leaning Washington think tank that focuses on technology […]
Coalition Stops Go Daddy Cyber Bullying Web Site
Sunday, June 21st, 2009Numerous articles, including Sandy Maple’s on parentdish.com, “Teen Insult Web Site Shut Down,” have reported that online free speech has bowed to the pressure of community values. In an effort to stop online harassment, cyber bullying and abuse, a coalition has pressured Go Daddy, the internet host, to pull a web site, “People’s Dirt,” out […]
Whose Job is it to Stop Bullies in Schools?
Monday, June 15th, 2009In his recent ABC news opinion column, “Want to Stop Bullies?” Lee Dye cites new studies that claim that:
Girls are more likely than boys to intervene to stop bullying than boys are.
Girls intervene more because they’re expected to by their parents, best friends and favorite teachers.
Popular males are more likely to pick on weaker boys, […]
Stop School Bullies with Anti-Bullying Programs
Saturday, June 13th, 2009As reported in separate stories by Yadira Betances and Margo Sullivan in the New Hampshire Eagle Tribune, some middle schools are effectively implementing anti-bullying, anti-abuse programs. The recent suicides of four teenage girls may stimulate a sense of urgency. There are some differences in the programs to stop bullies, but both have the seven elements […]
Transforming a Community in the Wake of School Abuse, Bullying and Suicides
Monday, June 1st, 2009Here’s a new slant on the cluster of suicides of four teenage girls from Schenectady High School, New York, that was stimulated by abuse and bullying in school and a war-zone environment outside school.
Teen Suicides Should Lead to Anti-Bullying, Abuse School Programs
Thursday, May 28th, 2009A rash of teen suicides (4 in the last six months) has alarmed a Schenectady, New York school district. At least two of the suicides have been directly attributed to abuse and bullying, especially girl to girl harassment. However, the school superintendent has been quoted as spreading the blame, “The community is also beginning to […]
Teen Suicides Stimulated by Harassment and Bullying; Students Unprotected
Friday, May 8th, 2009Two teenagers, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover and Jaheem Herrera, committed suicide recently after being taunted and bullied repeatedly and relentlessly while officials at their schools did nothing.
Unrelenting harassment led a third, Eric Mohat, to commit suicide a few years ago. Again, school officials denied there was a bullying problem. Yet he was one of four bullied […]
Eric Harris, Dylan Klebolt, Columbine and Jackie Robinson
Saturday, April 18th, 2009In the space of five days, we honor Jackie Robinson’s finally breaking into the major leagues by having every baseball player wear his number and we also memorialize Eric Harris and Dylan Klebolt’s massacre at Columbine High School ten years ago. Looking at the similarities and differences between the three people is instructive.
They each faced […]