Elementary School Students Take Part in Anti-Bullying Program

Young students from Lincoln Elementary School in Ardmore, Oklahoma, are using the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program to address this issue of bullying in the school system.

High School Students Take a Stand on Bullying in Their Hallways

Bellevue High School students from Bellevue, Kentucky have created a dramatic video to make peers and parents more aware of the consequences bullying can have on individuals.

Study Finds Gym Class Bullying Turns Kids Off To Fitness

Brigham Young University conducted a new study that found that children who fell victim to gym class bullying were less likely to participate in physical actives a year later.

13-Year-Old Plans to Use Social Media to Track Bullying Nationwide

Viraj Puri of Great Falls, Virginia is collaborating with a computer scientist to create a heat map to track bullying. The system would track cyber-bullying from sites like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

Ke$ha’s Mom: Weight Bullying Could Have Killed My Daughter

Pop singer, Ke$ha recently checked herself into a treatment facility where she is tackling her ongoing battle with anorexia and bulimia. Her mother, Pebe Sebert, came out about her daughters struggle with the disease and how she fell victim to bullying over her weight.

“Mean Gils’-Style Bullying Happening in Kindergarten

Bullying is a topic that everyone is familiar with, but now it’s becoming a discussing point as early as kindergarten. Blogger, Samantha Walravens, was shocked when she found out her kindergartner was being bullied.

Father Pulls Children Out of School to Prevent “Bullying"

Thomas Wade pulled his three children out of high school to prevent them from falling victim to bullying. Wade’s daughter noticed her friend was being bullied and that the teachers at school seemed to ignore it. It went as far as her switching classes because she could no longer concentrate on her work.

1 in 5 Are Bullied In NYC High Schools

A recent report by the Health Department found that 18% of students have admitted to being bullied at school or over the Internet. That’s nearly one in five city public high-school students. The boy to girl ratio of bullied victims on school property showed little difference.

Probe Dismisses Mother’s Claim Daughter Was Bullied

A Taiwanese mother claimed her daughter was being bullied by a fellow classmate from Taipei Municipal Dunhau Junior High School. The mother went as far as buying the equivalent of $33,390 in newspaper advertisements blaming a male student for her daughters bullying

Should Bullies Face Punishment In Court?

Vermont Representative Michel Consejo is pushing the question, ‘is bullying an unavoidable part of growing up or criminal activity?’ Consejo is planning on presenting the Vermont Statehouse with two new charges: misdemeanor bullying and felony aggravated bullying.

Families Try Restraining Orders To Stop Bullying At Schools

Parents are doing more than just complaining to administrators when it comes to school bullying in the St. Louis area. Cyndi Rayburn’s 13-year-old daughter, Madison, was beaten at school by a fellow student in the hallways of her Junior High School.

Teen Gets Surgery To Stop Bullying

The “Today” Show introduced viewers to 15-year-old Renata. Renata’s been relentlessly bullied through her school days to the point that she is now homeschooled. Bullies at her public school called her names like “the girl with the big nose.” This has paid a toll on the young girls life and she fears she’ll never have any friend or anyone that would be there for her.

Repeat Bullying Could Become A Felony In Florida

Florida legislature will be discussing the possibility of treating bullies like criminals. A bill is in the works that would set criminal penalties for bullying and make repeated bullying a felony.

School Staff Bullies Lesbian Student With Anti-Gay Slurs

People say, “Kids will be kids,” when it comes to bullying, but what happens when the bullies are professional teachers and staff members? Seventeen year old, Destin Holmes, has been enduring homophobic bullying from a number of the staff members at the Moss Point, Mississippi school district.