Posts Tagged ‘Bullies’

How to Help your Child Handle the Cyber Bullies

Cyber bullying has for far too long been pushed under the carpet. So the government’s crackdown on this issue is most welcome by educators, parents and most of all the children who have experienced this terrible form of bullying.

This is a subject that I feel passionately about because I have experienced first hand the devastating effect that it can have on any individual being targeted. I was bullied in my first year at secondary school and developed alopecia (hair loss) as a result. I dealt with the problem by believing that the bullying must be my fault and didn’t want to bother anyone with my ‘little problem’. Thus, I have vowed as a parent never to assume my child is not the sort to get bullied.

Workplace bullies can ruin lives
By Laura Casey, Contra Costa (Calif.) Times Wednesday, November 24, 2010 iStockphoto.com WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Kim is being stalked in the halls by her supervisor. Her every move is scrutinized, judged. Every day, she is berated with personal insults suggesting that she’s just not good enough to work anywhere. • The yelling and unfair accusations do not simply make her hate coming to work. It …
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Tester tours construction at new VA mental health facility
U.S. Senator Jon Tester visited the construction site at the VA Hospital’s new mental health center on Tuesday. Senator Tester came to Fort Harrison to take a first-hand look at what veterans in Montana will soon be utilizing.
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Tester tours construction at new VA mental health facility
HELENA – U.S. Senator Jon Tester visited the construction site at the VA Hospital’s new mental health center on Tuesday.
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Bullies be gone: Student empowerment at St. Leo’s
School comes out against bullying.
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