My heart broke when my husband told me earlier that an 11-year-old boy committed suicide and was buried today. Why I asked him, even though part of me knew it must’ve been from a bully. Why else does an 11 year old do that these days? This is such a thing that should never happen and no parent should ever have to go through it.
According to this young boy’s mother, he was constantly getting picked on at school. Kids made fun of him, called him gay, said he acted like a girl. Eventually it took a toll, he didn’t …read more

Three teen-age New York girls are accused of punching and kicking another girl and recording the beating so it could be shown online.
Two of the girls are 14 and one is 13. The victim is 13.
Police in Suffolk County say the video shows the girl being beaten at a school last month. The video was shown on two Web sites.The girls have been charged with juvenile delinquency and attempted assault.
Police are investigating who taped the incident.  Via KQH News
I’d like to open a discussion here on this topic.  There seems to be more and more stories of “mean girls” in …read more

How many of you have seen the Lindsay Lohan movie Mean Girls?  How many of you have teenage daughters and actually know how they act when they are not around you?  Furthermore, how many of you care to know?
Last night a close friend of mine phoned and was very anxious about some harassment her teen daughter was enduring via the internet and more specifically, MySpace. 
Now, before anyone starts getting all up into the MySpace thing, let me point out that this particular mother actually monitors her daughter’s online activity and only allowed a MySpace profile IF the mother’s MySpace was …read more