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Mom: Teen Kills Herself After Rape, Bullying
(HALIFAX, Nova Scotia) — A grieving Canadian mother said Tuesday her daughter hanged herself after she never recovered from an alleged rape by four teenage boys...
South Korea Rattled by Suicide of Bullied Teen
South Korea is stepping up its campaign against school bullying in the wake of a young victim’s suicide last week.
Lasting Legacy of Childhood Bullying: Psychiatric Problems In Adulthood
It's not just the victims of bullying that experience long-term consequences; bullies themselves are also at risk of mental health issues later in life. In a...
“Sticks And Stones:” Does Facebook and Twitter Give Bullying More Power?
In Emily Bazelon's latest book, "Sticks and Stones," the senior editor for Slate argues that the Internet and social media make teen bullying more vicious and...
Bullying: For Gay and Lesbian Teens, Does Life Get Better After School?
How long does bullying over sexual orientation continue?
Bullying Over Food Allergies
Kids can be cruel to one another for all sorts of reasons. Children who are too fat or too thin or those who have few friends are commonly targeted by schoolyard...
Man Jailed After Bullying Disabled Child
Schoolyard bullying is nothing new, but it’s certainly more unusual—and more inexcusable—for a grown man to tease a 10-year-old disabled child.
Religious Group Accuses Anti-Bullying ‘Mix It Up at Lunch Day’ of Promoting Gay Agenda
The American Family Association is accusing a Southern Poverty Law Center-sponsored anti-bullying initiative of secretly promoting homosexuality in schools.
Teen Bullied During Anti-Bullying Interview
A high school student was taking a very public stand against bullying — when he got bullied. Preston Deener, a sophomore at Brunswick High School in Maryland,...
Why Autistic Kids Make Easy Targets for School Bullies
A new study finds that children with autism spectrum disorders are bullied far more often than their typically developing peers — nearly five times as often —...
Using Twitter to Crack Down on Bullying
It’s hard to prevent bullying if you don’t know it’s happening. That’s why researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a program that they...
Charity Group Offers Free Plastic Surgery to Bullied Teens
The bullying began in first grade, when classmates started teasing Nadia Ilse about her “elephant ears.” Even at the age of ten, she was asking her mother for...
Workplace Bullying: The Problem — and Its Costs — Are Worse Than We Thought
For all the recent concern over teen bullying, large numbers of adults also deal with peer-to-peer intimidation, especially at work: Approximately one in...
That Outrageous Bus Monitor Video: Why Kids Don’t Fear Consequences
We don’t generally think of bullying as involving the gray-haired generation. But we’ve had to adjust our definition in the week since the video of...
The Lesson of Jessica Barba and Her Bullying Video
The latest entry into the American Annals of Absurdity is the story of Jessica Barba, a 15-year-old from Middle Island, New York, who created a fictitious...
Dan Savage Apologizes for Bullying During Anti-Bullying Speech
Advice columnist Dan Savage, the founder of the ‘It Gets Better’ project — a series of web videos devoted to helping victims of bullying — is facing charges of...
