The number of children and teens in the United States who visited emergency rooms for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts doubled between 2007 and 2015, according to a new analysis. Researchers used publicly available data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, administered by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention every year. From […]
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It started from the heart. Many hearts. Some were bullies that grew up to become enlightened, and others were bullied but persevered and decided to help others. Boo 2 Bullying was born from the desire to eradicate bullying across our Valley and beyond. Founded in 2011, Boo 2 Bullying is all about helping young and […]
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After a transgender teenager was told he could not run for prom king, prompting a backlash, officials at his Georgia high school decided to make the prom court categories gender-neutral — leaving an opening for the student to still be crowned school royalty. “I think they changed the categories because they were starting to understand exactly […]
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When Kheris Rogers was bullied for her skin color, she and her sister decided to start a T-shirt company with the message “Flexin’ in My Complexion,” now embraced by celebrities from LeBron James to Lupita Nyong’o.
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A Texas man was recently arrested for slapping a 12-year-old boy in the face. He claims the boy was was bullying his young stepdaughter, according to police. James Peace, 37, of La Porte, Texas, had just picked up his stepdaughter from school when he saw the boy walking home with a friend in Harris County last Thursday […]
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A Kentucky mom is mourning the loss of her 10-year-old son who she says took his own life because of bullying. In his free time, Seven Bridges dressed up as a powerful superhero. His mother says his smile hid his sadness. “Even in talking about it and letting him express himself, there was still a […]
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An 11-year-old boy with the last name Trump will now be going by a different name at his Delaware middle school after being bullied by his peers. His mother, Megan Trump Berto, told administrators at Talley Middle School in Wilmington, Delaware, that her son, Joshua, was being punched and bullied on a school bus because […]
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A fourth-grader in Alabama died by suicide after being bullied with racist taunts, according to the child’s family. McKenzie Nicole Adams, 9, a U.S. Jones Elementary School student who loved math and hoped to become a scientist, was found dead in her home on Dec. 3 by her grandmother, according to Tuscaloosa News. Eddwina Harris, the […]
