Bullying

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- It is 'Bieber Fever' in Melissa Campbell's room. On every wall, a picture is posted of the singer. With the cardboard cutouts and stickers, it is clear a sixth grade girl inhabits the room. "This one was the very first Justin Bieber...

Del. Jon Cardin's recent comment on bullying suggesting that "kids were hurting kids" while "parents and teachers hadn't a clue" was remarkable ("Journey in grief leads to new curbs on bullying," May 2). Where has Mr. Cardin been? As a mother of three...

Jesse Blecher, Brianna D'Apuzzo and Sean Fiumara take action against bullying and drug abuse and assist students who need help or are down. The three tutor, mentor and other good deeds. Jesse, 10, tries to prevent bullying at New Horizons Elementary...

More than a year after a Howard County teen committed suicide following months of online harassment, county officials unveiled a program Wednesday meant to discourage bullying via computer and in person. "We know we need bold steps to really, truly...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

Taller than his classmates and sporting long hair, Rob Valentino could not escape the reminders. Valentino was different than the others at his new school after his family moved from northern California to Phoenix. "They called me different kind of...

YORK — During April and May of 2010, Alec Vigil began to notice the effect repeated bullying was having on his friend Christian Taylor, a ninth-grader who had just started school at Grafton High in January of that year after he moved from Texas with...

In the wake of the deadly bombings in Boston and the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, the Maryland State Board of Education on Tuesday approved new emergency planning guidelines meant to help local school systems better prepare for disaster....

YORK — A $10 million wrongful death lawsuit that alleges four current and former Grafton High School employees failed to stop the bullying of a student who committed suicide in 2010 is scheduled to go to trial before a jury on Tuesday in York-...

A courageous 14-year-old Lake County student, Bayli Silberstein, has been working for more than a year to form a Gay-Straight Alliance club at Carver Middle School in Leesburg. GSAs work to address bullying and harassment against all students, including...

U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar, said Friday he’s supporting the National Day of Silence, a day of action organized to bring attention to the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The family of a Saratoga High School student who killed herself after allegedly being sexually assaulted at a party has filed a claim against the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District over the way school officials handled events...