Bully Tag Entries:

The Effects Of Bullying

Over the past few years, the ripple of widely publicized school shootings has demonstrated that the nation’s epidemic of youth violence has broadened in terms of age, geography and sex, to encompass all populations. The attention drawn by the media to these recent tragedies has thankfully also drawn attention to issues regarding the early […]

Cyberbullies: 6 Things You Need to Know

Individuals who use the internet to bully others are known as “cyberbulllies.” Bullying on the internet can be done via email, instant messaging and chatrooms. Websites like MySpace and Facebook are not only used to share information and pictures taken of one’s individual life, but to harass, tease and bully others. Author Vanessa Van Petten’s featured article discusses some reasons, methods and information […]

Cyberbullying: 6 Things You Need to Know About

By Featured Author: Vanessa Van Petten

Children are using the computer to bully others…

The Internet has changed the playground-bully into the in-my-bedroom-bully. It’s true, the line between school life and home life is gone. Kids can no longer leave the social pressures, cliques, bullies, snoodiness and the other highlights of adolescence at school.
Now the social scene […]

Bullying

Bully Statistics

According to the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, nearly half of all school-aged children will become a victim of bullying. Ten percent of surveyed victims state that they are bullied on a regular basis. One research study (Craig and Pepler’s), found that one incident of playground bullying takes place every seven minutes. […]

Five Steps to Take if Your Child is Being Bullied

If your child comes to you because a bully is bothering him or her, you need to pay close attention to the problem. The worst thing you can do is ignore it. Too often parents feel children and teens need to ‘work things out’ on their own. While parenting child does include promoting self-reliance, parents need to assist the […]

Bullies: More Than Sticks, Stones, and Name Calling

ScottCounseling recognizes that bullying is one of the most discussed topics in our society today. As we entered the age of technology (specifically the Internet), bullying, harassment and threats have grown to an all-time high. Road rage, cyber-bullying and terroristic threats have all made it to our state capitols for our legislators to discuss and establish new laws to help curtail the increase of […]


Google