Tormented NY Bus Monitor Won’t Press Charges Against Kids
George Doyle/Stockbyte(NEW YORK) — Karen Klein is living proof that it’s not just children who are the victims of bullies.The 68-year-old school bus monitor from upstate New York now knows she has defenders in every corner of the world after a video p…
Caught on Tape: NY School Bus Monitor Bullied to Tears by Kids
George Doyle/Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In a case of bullying gone too far, a bus monitor from Greece, N.Y., was verbally abused to tears by a group of middle-school aged kids, who recorded the incident and later posted the profanity-filled vide…
Obesity and Bullying Top Voters’ Child Health Concerns
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — The economy dominates this election season but it’s not the only issue that Americans are worried about.With the Supreme Court ready to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, voter…
Texas Teacher Allegedly Allowed Bully to Be Bullied by Kindergartners
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(SAN ANTONIO) — A 6-year-old accused of bullying was supposed to get a taste of his own medicine, but his mom says what his teacher did to punish the child went too far.Ann Neely remains furious that kindergarten children at R…
Mom Who Choked 14-Year-Old Bully Offers Advice to Parents
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Florida mom arrested for choking a boy who bullied her daughter on Facebook admits she “lost it” when she put her hands around the boy’s neck in the middle of a mall while her daughter watched.“I said, …
Mom Chokes Bully Over Facebook Comments
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — A Florida mom said she regretted choking a boy who bullied her daughter online, but said his “nasty” and “disgusting” comments about the girl on Facebook had go…
Maxwell Brothers’ Tales of Romney at Cranbrook Differ
Scott Olson/Getty Images(GROSSE POINT FARMS, Mich.) — As the accusations of bullying continued to follow Mitt Romney on the campaign trail, another former friend and classmate of the presumptive GOP nominee said it was a “shock” to he…
Romney Supports Gay Adoption, Doesn’t Recall Bullying Incident
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Mitt Romney expressed support for gay adoption on Thursday, calling it “fine” and noting that it’s legal in his home state of Massachusetts. But he again stressed his opposition to same-sex…
Sister of Alleged Romney Target Has ‘No Knowledge’ of Any Bullying Incident
ABC/ Ida Mae Astute(SOUTH BEND, Ind.) — The older sister of Mitt Romney’s former high school classmate said she has no knowledge of any bullying incident involving her brother and the presumptive GOP presidential candidate.Christine Lauber of So…
Former Romney Classmate Describes ‘Bullying Supreme’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A high school classmate of presidential candidate Mitt Romney told ABC News Thursday that he considers a particular prank pulled at Michigan’s Cranbrook school to be “assault and battery” and…
School District Pays Out $4.2M to Student Paralyzed by Bully Attack
Comstock/Thinkstock(RAMSEY, N.J.) — Sawyer Rosenstein’s life changed on May 16, 2006, when he was a 12-year-old student at Eric Smith Middle School in Ramsey, N.J. That day, another student punched him in the abdomen, sending a blood clot to his…
‘Annoying, Offending’ Language Online Would Be Crime Under Arizona Bill
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) — Distasteful comments and online insults are a mainstay of many social networks and online comment boards, but a new bill passed in Arizona could send people who “annoy or offend” to jail for up to six months…
"Bully" Documentary to Be Released Without Rating
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Bully, the much-publicized documentary about teen bullying, will be released as an unrated film following an unsuccessful attempt by its distributor to overturn its R rating.The Motion Picture Association of America ga…
Maryland Teen Threatened Suicide If School Doesn’t Stop Cyber Bullying
Comstock/Thinkstock(GAMBRILLS, Md.) — A Maryland teenager who identified herself only as Sarah was so frustrated with what she said was her high school’s nonchalant attitude towards her reports of bullying that she went online and threatened suicide i…
Obama Introduces Bullying Documentary on Cartoon Network
The White House/Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama opened up a 30-minute documentary on childhood bullying for Cartoon Network Sunday evening, continuing awareness initiatives he set into motion last year.The minute-long introduction, which was …
Facebook Shuts Down ‘Most Beautiful Teen’ Page
Peter Foley/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Facebook page that solicited sexy pictures from teenagers hoping to be named the “The Most Beautiful Teen in the World” has been taken down after it sparked outrage from concerned parent…
Bullied Teen Hangs Self After Writing She Loves ‘All My Haterz’
File photo. Hemera/Thinkstock(VANCOUVER, Wash.) — A 14-year-old girl whose Facebook page says she loves “all my haterz” has committed suicide after enduring two years of bullying by her female classmates, her family claims.Eden Wormer, an eighth grad…
MPAA Rejects Student’s Campaign for ‘Bully’ to Get Pg-13 Rating
Jupiterimages/Liquid Library/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Bully, an upcoming documentary about the nation’s teen-bullying epidemic, would exclude much of its intended school-aged audience if the Motion Picture Association of America refuses to ease its R ra…
Teen YouTube Videos Shed Light on Self-Esteem Issues
Naomi Gibson(NEW YORK) — Naomi Gibson, who lives just outside Denver, always makes a point to tell her 13-year-old daughter, Faye, that she’s beautiful. So when she started getting calls from media asking to interview Faye about a video she had posted…
Mom Claims Teen in Columbine Hammer Attack Was Bullied
File photo. iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LITTLETON, Colo.) — The mother of a 14-year-old girl accused of assault after allegedly attacking two other students with a hammer said Tuesday that her daughter was the victim of bullying.The girl’s mother, i…