bullying

Bullying does not have to result in suicide for it to have serious, long-term effects. A recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent Psychology discovered that nearly 33 percent of all bullying victims suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A national speaker will address students today and tomorrow at Northside high school.

Remember Karen Klein, the upstate New York bus monitor who was viciously harassed by her middle school charges in a video that went viral in June? Her story had a happy ending, as an internet fundraising campaign to send the 68-year-old on a “nice vacation” raised over $700,000 from 32,000 people around the world. That’s more than enough money for Klein to retire from the yellow school bus grind.

Blanco says sometimes one or more parent may have bullied in the past.

The story has come out of Colorado where a 9-year old boy is claiming he was suspended after he stood up for himself.  Fox News reports that the boy had been dealing with bullying and had been told to walk the other way and let a teacher know...

The Lafayette Parish public school system now has a new district plan to tackle bullying in schools.  Along with the plan, a new awareness campaign.  The new plan is an additional measure to raise awareness in schools.  School officials are stepping up their efforts to make it easier for students and parents to report bullying...