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There is a new form of bullying hitting the streets and no surprise, the new culprits are the mobile phone and the internet.
Unlike in my day when you could walk away from the bully, see their face and turn the other cheek, these new bullies are anonymous and operate 24/7, making it impossible for your […]

It’s a tragic story about Megan Meier, the 13 year old who killed herself because she fell in love with a boy she met on MySpace.com, who then turned against her. It turns out; it wasn’t a boy after all, but the mother of a neighborhood teen who created the “Josh” persona to find out […]

 
In my first post on What Happens When Bullies Grow Up?, I discussed a recent bullying incident involving my son at school. Now, let’s take a look at another bullying story…
It was a sunny day on Catalina Island and a group of fathers and sons (ages 5-12) had traveled here for a weekend […]

So here’s a tale of two situations in which bully’s have recently impact in the life of my own family:
True Story 1:
One morning, my normally enthusiastic son woke up and decided that he didn’t want to go to school today. Why? Well, getting the answer out of him wasn’t very easy…
“Did something happen […]