E-Online is reporting that Britney Spears is throwing her support behind the Anti-Bullying movement being spearheaded (no pun intended) by Anderson Cooper of CNN. Spears took to her Twitter account after Anderson Cooper's Anderson Cooper 360 aired a show called, The Bully Effect, a follow-up on the powerful documentary, Bully. Spears tweeted, "I'm standing with @AC360 & @bullymovie by joining […]
I saw an article from the Huffington Post written by a 14 year-old high school teen from Pennsylvania, Olivia Busch titled, "Why We Are Not Doing Enough About Bullying". First off, kudos to Olivia for being 14 and being published on HuffPost; that is the definition of kicking butt for an aspiring writer. In her […]
In the book, "Bullies Suck", I go into detail about the psychological and physiological impact that the stress of bullying has on victims. We hear countless stories in the media of both children and adults who suffer from anxiety, depression, loss of income or jobs and even suicide due to bullying. I think we can safely […]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all this holiday season. Contrary to the latest politically correct movement to force everyone to say, "Happy Holidays" – I am Old School; it's "Merry Christmas" and it means "whatever you celebrate this time of year, Merry whatever that is." I was taught that "Merry Christmas" wasn't about […]
Cynthia Lowen, the writer and producer of the documentary, "Bully", was interviewed and brought up the fact that bullying does NOT stop at the playground. While the documentary touched many people's lives and hearts with the stories of children being bullied, what was not included in the film was what happens when the bullies grow […]
Discrimination – like bullying – is unacceptable in any form. What you or I may describe as discrimination or bullying is a matter of opinion and a discussion for another time. What is important today is to talk about the relationship between discrimination and bullying as it relates the story of Q High School, one […]
Today marks the 237th birthday of the of the finest fighting force the world has ever seen, the United States Marine Corps. Founded on November 10, 1775 at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Marines have been the "Tip of the Spear" of America's fighting forces for 237 years and counting. The Marines have […]
There is a saying that states, "Success is the best revenge…" Lizzie Velasquez discovered this answer after she was cyber bullied via video and called the "World's Ugliest Woman" because of a genetic disorder. Velasquez has a rare genetic disorder that prevents her from putting on weight; she has never weighed more than 60 pounds in […]
RadioIowa.com is reporting that Iowa's governor, Gov. Terry Brandstad is announcing a statewide bullying prevention summit, scheduled for this fall. Paul Gausman, the superintendent of the Sioux City school district – the fourth largest district in the state, with 14,000 students in 30 different facilities – has scheduled the author of a book that served […]
68-year-old Karen Klein made the news – via a viral video – by showing that bullying is NOT just for kids. In this viral video, four seventh-grade boys are shown mercilessly bullying Klein, taunting her, yelling obscenities and more. Klein is visible on camera, holding back tears and trying her best to ignore the boys. She […]
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