I feel so much pain for what he must have been feeling and had no one to help him through. I’d have fought the world to the death had I known…why didn’t he come to me? Why couldn’t I see…
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I’ve been trying not to share all the brutal bullying stories or at least, not to make it the focus of this blog because I don’t think it goes anywhere. Solutions, including encouraging leadership skills, is my main interest. That…
Can’t type too much today. Sandy is upon us. Since this has to be brief, I wanted to tell you about someone really cool who we can all support, even in stormy weather. He’s riding his bike as part of…
A new study was released regarding bullying of gay and lesbian kids and suicide. Once again, it was good to have a study to back up what we already know. Perhaps this way, people will start really paying attention to…
My daughter, Alice-Kate, just sent me this TED Talk with Ric Elias, who survived the Hudson River plane crash in January 2009. Like most TED Talks, it’s thought provoking and it made me wonder what I would say in a…
There’s a line from another Rascal Flatt’s song, “I’m Movin On,” that says “you find strength in your moments of weakness.” If we can teach kids to find their strength even when others try to make them feel weak —…
An eight-year-old boy jumped out of a second story window at his school this past week because of bullying. Eight. He was repeatedly teased. Told over and over again that he was stupid. He is dyslexic. The last straw was…
At age 13, Ryan Halligan had enough of bullying and took his own life. His parents did everything they could to blunt the effects of bullying on their kind, sensitive son but he was surrounded. It happened in school and…