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  • New Bullying Trend Revolves Around Teen Shaming on Social Media

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 7
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    In a recent online trend, teen girls have been posting silly photos of themselves that are then altered to include blunt advice to each other, about things like how to dress more appropriately. But some of the photos have then gone viral, and led to ...

  • Study: Kids Are Bullied Over Food Allergies

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 28, 2012
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    Kids can be cruel to one another for all sorts of reasons. Children who are too fat or too thin or those who have few friends are commonly targeted by schoolyard bullies, but new research finds that children with food allergies are also vulnerable.
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  • Bullying Changes Genes in Children's DNA, Scientists Say

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 21, 2012
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    New research shows that the chemical structure surrounding part of the genetic blueprint of a young child is physically changed by bullying, leaving the victim less able to respond properly to the stress and possibly paving the way for mental problem...

  • Special Needs Student Crusading Against Bullying Gets $50,000 Surprise

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 15, 2012
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    He may only be 12 years old, but he's wise beyond his years.
    Jaylen Arnold, a special needs student at Victory Christian School in Lakeland,  has traveled across the country, trying to stop bullying.  He says its all because he never wants...

  • Bullies Nearly Twice as Likely to Have Mental Health Disorder

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • October 23, 2012
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    Mental disorders plague many adults who were bullied as children, but a new study suggests that those who had mental health disorders during childhood are three times more likely to become bullies.
    Researchers at Brown University analyzed survey res...

  • Mom Boards School Bus, Smacks Down Bully

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 21, 2012
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    A Florida mom arrested for getting in a fight with a teenager says she was just protecting her child from a bully.
    Felicia Dannetta Phillips, 35, was charged with child abuse and trespassing on Wednesday morning after getting into a physical alterca...

  • Teen Ink Tackles Bullying

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 13, 2012
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    Until you've seen bullying through a teen's eyes, you have no idea of the intense turmoil that young people face every day. A series of shocking first-hand accounts written by teenagers in the latest issue of Teen Ink magazine suggest that the bullyi...

  • Back-to-School Can Sometimes Mean "Back-to-Being Bullied"

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • September 6, 2012
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    It's back to school time. For many parents and elementary and secondary school students, new teachers, school supplies and fresh wardrobes come along with a renewed worry about bullying. It is reported that a child is bullied every seven minutes in o...

  • Gym Fires Back at Gabby Douglas' Claims of Racial Bullying

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • August 30, 2012
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    Members of Gabby Douglas' former gym in Virginia Beach are "shocked" and "hurt" over allegations the two-time gold medal-winning gymnast made about racial bullying during her time there.
    Douglas told Oprah Winfrey in a recent interview that she was ...

  • Study: Cyberbullying Not As Rampant As Thought

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • August 10, 2012
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    A new study suggests cyberbullying among adolescents and pre-teens may not be the epidemic many believe.
    In a presentation late last week to American Psychological Association, two nationally representative surveys totaling nearly 5,000 pre-teens an...