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Tiny Warriors: 12 Ways to Prep Your Kid for Bullying this Fall

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Bullies are a sad reality for us all, but especially for our kids. It’s one of our responsibilities as a parent to give our children the tools they’ll need for dealing with bullies for the rest of their lives. In addition, we should all…
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How to Combat Bullying

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The photos make like them look like girls who could be in my daughter’s middle school; however, I’m not looking at yearbook photos, I’m looking at the mug shots of two Florida tweens charged with felony aggravated stalking. Police say…
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6 Things Parents Should Know About Bullying

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A new book by Emily Bazelon, Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy, is opening up a dialogue meant to define what actually constitutes bullying. In a recent op-ed piece for…
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How Can We Prevent Teen Suicide?

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Teen suicide makes headlines. Last month, a 10-year-old Ohio girl named Hailey Petee hanged herself after being the target of relentless bullying. If you’re shocked to read about someone so young taking their own life, then you haven’t…
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School Safety is Still a Concern

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In 1999, I was a high school student attending a school near Columbine High School. I was a mere few miles away from the tragedy that changed the way many schools view security. I remember being in Ms. Race’s math class, just after lunch,…

News Anchor Responds On-Air to Bully

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WKBT anchor Jennifer Livingston’s response to a particularly nasty viewer letter about her weight is a wonderful example of how to handle a bully—for kids and adults. We love her moxie and we hope her message makes bullies think twice about…
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Could Bullying Lead to Your Child´s Death?

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The death of 10-year old Joanna Ramos, a Long Beach, California fifth-grader, has been ruled a homicide. The alleged murderer? An 11-year old girl. Weapons? None. The death due to blunt force trauma (possibly a blood clot on her brain) as…
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A Single Mom's Guide to Dealing With Bullies

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Few things strike fear into the heart of a single mother more than learning that her child is being bullied. When that child is a boy, it can be even more frightening because, let’s face it, boyworld is a very different place; one we just…