Last year at Oak Harbor High School, four bullies were threatening a fellow student. But they weren’t meeting her outside for a fight, or even yelling names at her — they were texting her. Bullying has taken a technological turn, and officials at Oak Harbor School District are looking for ways to control it. Under [...]
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SAN DIEGO — Men who say they had a good relationship with their father while growing up react less to day-to-day stress as adults than those whose relationship with their dad was poor, new research suggests. The study was among those on parents and kids presented at the four-day annual meeting of the American Psychological [...]
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LEADER is calling on Victorians to declare September 6 a zero cyber-bully day. Support is growing for Leader Community Newspapers’ Don’t Hurt campaign to tackle cyber-bullying. MORE >>>
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Students around the state will return soon to the hallowed halls of their respective schools for another year. What makes this school year different from previous years is that it’s the first that school districts will need to be in compliance with the state’s new anti-bullying legislation, signed by Gov. Deval Patrick on May 3. [...]
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In recent years, school districts across the country have zeroed in on bullying, stepping into the middle of what was once considered common schoolyard behavior. Now, a new Missouri law is pushing that effort off campus, placing schools in the midst of the gray area on how to handle the online activities of their students. [...]
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Though it may seem logical to go straight to the source on this issue, until now there were no researches that asked the bullies themselves about the reasons driving their actions. It is widely known that children can indeed by very cruel for a variety of reasons, but investigators say that bullies stand out from [...]
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Cyber bullying is a form of teen violence that can do lasting harm to young people. Statistics show that cyber bullying is a serious problem among adolescents and teens. By being more aware of cyber bullying, teens and adults can help to fight it. MORE >>>
When her daughter began to cry regularly about going to school and called each day at 2:58 p.m. to ask her mother, through her tears, not to be late for pick-up, Marie Daniels knew she had a serious problem. The verbal bullying that was causing her daughter so much distress was unrelenting, a daily torment [...]
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Put your phones and iPods away during class. It’s a message students expect from teachers. But, it’s also the message a group of Cape Henlopen High School students are sending to their peers. During the summer, students have filmed video messages that will be played at Cape Henlopen High School in the coming school year. [...]
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