The Media Helped Solved a case of Bullying

And we thought that the common perpetrators of bullying in the school are fellow students themselves. But it seems that even adults can be the reason why our kids would go home downhearted, confused and bullied. Imagine, the lady bus driver taunting and teasing a child just because of his disorder?

The school did not do anything about the complaints of the mother, but only did something when the media picked up the bullying case and started reporting it. I guess we now have an institution to turn to when our complaints of bullying fell into deaf ears. Go to the media and report your case of bullying in order for the right people to take a stand on the case.

http://www.bnd.com/2010/05/20/1263156/mom-says-school-bus-driver-taunted.html

Is “Bullycide” the New Norm?

Bullycide, a new word created to describe the very abhorrent consequence of bullying. As young as 8 years old, kids resort to suicide as the only way out of bullying, thus the term bullycide. How many times have we learned in the news about bullycide? Many times, and it gets scary every time. Especially for a parent who only wants the best for her kids, the term bullycide is something horrible. But is bullycide the new norm? As we are bombarded with news about suicides caused by bullying, is the term finding its way to the general comprehension of people? Hopefully not. Because by then it indicates that people are accepting the horrible fact that even young kids only have suicide as the only option out of being bullied.

http://www.theprovince.com/life/Exposure+stops+bullies/2762059/story.html