Researchers found out that children victims of bullying that had differences in the 5-HTTLPR gene developped emotional problems. If a child is more frequently bullied, the emotional response is more intense. MORE >>> READ ABSTRACT OF STUDY BY CLICKING HERE
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First despondent, then angry, 11-year old Ziainey Stokes is waging a battle against bullying. In January, she took it to the top. In March, the top — President Barack Obama — responded. Ziainey faced teasing at her public charter school in West Philadelphia. She came home hungry many days of third grade, thanks to a [...]
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Bond University will host a Cyber Bullying Symposium this Friday, July 23, in an ongoing effort to enhance the community’s understanding of an increasingly invasive new form of bullying. The Cyber Bullying Symposium is expected to attract more than 100 people from local Gold Coast schools, communities, families, and students. MORE >>>
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Glynn County School System (GCSS) has drafted a new policy to address the use of electronic communication devices, such as computers and cell phones, by students to bully others, says Education Week. GCSS’s policy tracks the state’s more clearly defined definition of bullying verbatim and will incorporate the new wording in the 2010 Glynn County Student [...]
(NOTE: This is an excellent piece by Emily Bazelon of Slate. The fact that Phoebe Prince apparently had serious emotional issues is not a surprise. That’s common with suicides. Most of us familiar with the facts of the Megan Meier case know that Megan also had serious issues. In both cases, the use of the [...]
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Michael learns how to be abusive from watching how his dad treats his mom. Lucina never learned to be a bully, but since she’s privileged, why shouldn’t she lord it over those who are not? The two pre-teens have little in common except for their ages, their obnoxious behavior, and the fact each is the [...]
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Cyberbullying is an extremely serious issue and it’s linked to serious health problems …including suicide which we’ve seen all too much. Cyberbullying is aggressive and intentional online harassment by a group or an individual using electronic forms of contact repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot defend themselves. And it has reached epidemic [...]
About 4.3 percent of students ages 12 through 18 reported that they were victims of crime at school in the 2006–07 school year. The National Center for Education Statistics collects data on student criminal victimization through its sponsorship of the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, administered by the Department of Justice [...]
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Potential Nogales schoolyard bullies might have had a quick change of heart after seeing the forces lined up against them at a July 12 meeting. A parade of counselors and law enforcement officers took turns speaking to the Nogales Unified School District No. 1 governing board about bullying. And while no students were in the [...]
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The State Government’s commitment to combating youth violence in and out of the playground was further demonstrated today, with the launch of an anti-bullying toolkit for Queensland schools titled Working Together. Education and Training Minister Geoff Wilson said the toolkit was an initiative of the Queensland Schools Alliance Against Violence (QSAAV) – set up in [...]
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