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Articles About Bullying in School

• A First Step In Addressing "Bullying" – Simple Justice – 10/27/10
  Laws will be coming. You can bank on it. The United States Department of Education has put school districts on notice that they are to craft anti-bullying policies or lose cashola, and they will, much like the zero-tolerance drug laws that give rise to strip searches of young girls over demon-acetaminophen. Action begets over-reaction. It's how we roll. Aside from the problem that the word "bullying" has yet to be adequately defined, which of course hasn't stopped anyone from screaming for its criminalization, and that most advocates deem it a function of hurt feelings rather than particular conduct, its elevation to epidemic proportions is precisely the sort of hyperbole that gives rise to the next wave of insane laws and outrageously inappropriate knee-jerk outcomes.
  Patti's Comment: Way too many adults out there have bad self images so it is hard for them to teach their children on how to cope with the “words”… those that can are teased even more for being arrogant.
• Department of Education Issues Guidance Targeting Harassment and Bullying (Randy Chapman Ability Law Blog – 10/27/10)
  Yesterday, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a “Dear Colleague” letter to state departments of education and local school districts to clarify the relationship between bullying and discriminatory harassment under the civil rights laws enforced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Those laws prohibit bullying based on traits such as-race, color, national origin, sex, and disability.
• Life Saving Tips for Parents of a Bullied or Excluded Child (Strugglingteens.com)
  Whether your child is being overtly abused by his or her classmates, or simply made to feel invisible every day, talked about instead of with, the student who may not get bullied per se but who no one at school ever goes out of their way to include in anything either, as a parent, you CAN help. Here are some tips to get started — and always remember, bullying isn't only overt acts of cruelty; it's also the deliberate omission of kindness, the invitations denied, the warmth withheld, the acceptance just out of reach.
• Nine Ways to Eliminate Bullying (Great Schools.org)
  What you can do to eliminate it.

Resources About Bullying

• Dealing With Bullies (Kids Health.org)
  Bullying is a big problem that affects lots of kids. Three-quarters of all kids say they have been bullied or teased. Being bullied can make kids feel really bad. The stress of dealing with bullies can make kids feel sick.
• Kids Against Bullying
  Website for kids and teens
• National Youth Violence Violence Prevention
  National statistics, including school bullying
• Stop Bullying.gov
  Information and resources about all kinds of bullying, including cyberbullying and prevention.