Recently a friend shared that her son had witnessed a classmate being mercilessly teased by another student. Although she said he obviously felt bad for what had happened, when she asked what he had done about it, he looked surprised and said, "Nothing." The repercussions of bullying are enormous. It is estimated that 160,000 student miss school every day because they are afraid of being bullied, and that bullied students are around 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicid

Bullying is one of the most common discipline problems in our public schools. In the past year, 1 in 5 high school students reported being bullied on school property. It is even more of a problem in middle school. Fortunately, bullying is preventable; however expressing zero intolerance of it may not be the most effective solution. The doling out of punishments, the suspensions of students, and the arrest of bullies, may feel like bullying to the offender. These kinds of int

The CDC's latest Youth Risk Surveillance found that Arkansas was number one in the percentage of teenagers who were bullied on school property, seriously considered suicide, were forced to have sex, and drove drunk. (1) There are many ways to prevent adolescent violence and make our schools and communities safer. First and foremost, we can all educate ourselves about what it is to be bullied. You can learn more about bullying, the consequences it has, and warning signs to wat