Stronger – Megan Landry
Megan Landry just emailed me to let you guys know about her song, “Stronger”. She’s 15 years old and wrote the song about her experience with bullying.
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Let’s Build Pro-Hero Schools Instead of Anti-Bully Schools
It is very easy to find the term anti-bully these days. Look in any school and there’s a good chance you’ll see it on the walls. Look in the news and you’ll see governments (state, local, school) using it. It’s a term that has started making me cringe. For four quite different reasons.
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October is Anti-Bullying Month (Can We Get it Right?)
It's Bullying Month in the U.S. - probably Anti-bullying, but you get the point. That means a lot of well-intentioned people will be saying really unhelpful things to kids across the country. Some will be telling the bullied kids to toughen up. Some will be punishing the perpetrators. Some will be presenting assemblies to improve morale. These practices are unfortunately contributing to the problem.
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Gay Teen Bullying Collects Another Suicide
It is simply heartbreaking to watch Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year old from Buffalo, use a video to share his message of strength to other gay teens.
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When Celebrities Become Heroes
Each one of these actors chose to do something good instead of choosing to do nothing - the choice of so many others.
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