Posts filed under: Bullying

Bullying

Bully, Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Bullycide – talking about the victims, the methods and the solutions

Bullycide victim’s tormentor charged with manslaughter

This is Kenneth Suttner, he committed bullycide. He was a junior at Glasgow High School, a mere 17 years old. He worked at the local Dairy Queen. He died on 21 December 2016 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  He had... Read More

Sextortion – Blackmail via the internet

This is Ashley. she was a victim of sextortion. Her predator was 26-year-old Lucas Michael Chansler, who last year pled guilty to multiple counts of child pornography production and was sent to prison for 105 years—but not before he used... Read More

Bullying – RIP Olivia Mae Scott – 9 October 2013 – Bullycide

RIP Olivia Mae Scott – 9 October 2013 a victim of bullycide. Bristol, Vermont lost a beautiful young lady on October 9, 2013.  Olivia Mae Scott, 16, a Junior at Mount Abraham Union High School passed away unexpectedly.  “Passed away... Read More

Death by shame – Rehtaeh Parsons

Rehtaeh Parsons was 17 years old when she took her life. She had been shamed and humiliated following the sexual victimization by a group of boys two years prior. The Nova Scotia prosecutor claimed insufficient evidence to prosecute.... Read More

Bailey O’Neill – 12 Year-old Bullying Victim Dies – March 2013

Bailey O'Neill, passed away, the day after his 12th birthday. Bailey had been injured in January 2013 during an incident which occurred at Darby Township (PA) School, in which he had his nose broken and suffered a concussion;... Read More

Jadin Bell – Bullycide – January 2013

It was a sad day in La Grande, Oregon on 28 January. The family of Jadin Bell, took him off life-support and he passed. Who is Jadin Bell? Jadin was a 15-year old high-school sophomore who had... Read More

Child Slavery, Bullycide, What in the US is going on? – Interview of Christopher Burgess on D-Talk Radio

On August 2, I, Christopher Burgess, had the pleasure of appearing on D-Talks Radio show, hosted by Denise Brown and Danielle Pierre.  The session, titled, “Child Slavery, Bullycide, What in the US is going on?”  was a far ranging discussion... Read More

Victims of Bullying need to know they can survive

The suicide death of 15 year-old Amanda Todd was a preventable and tragic event. Her mother, Carol Todd, has asked that her daughter's death be used as a means to prevent the death of another child. Our children... Read More

Kameron Jacobsen – Bullycide victim – Age 14 – January 2011

Kameron Jacobsen - Age 14, four months into his Freshman-year of high school, Kameron took his own life in January 2011. According to his parents, he had been the target of bullying both at Monroe Woodbury High School and... Read More

Bullying does increase risk of adolescent suicide

I recently read a paper published February 2011 in the Psychiatric Times re bullying and its effects on adolescent suicides (written by By Anat Brunstein Klomek, PhD, Andre Sourander, MD and Madelyn S. Gould, PhD, MPH – bio’s provided below).  The... Read More

Tiffani Maxwell – Bullycide Victim – Age 16 – January 2011

In mid January 2011, Tiffani Maxwell of Portersville, PA took her own life, she shot herself. According to her parents she was the target of bullying and falsehoods - the methodology included both cyber-bulling and face-to-face by her classmates. Her mother,... Read More

Kiefer Allan – Bullycide victim – Age 14 – January 2011

On January 13, 2011 - Kiefer Allan, age 14, was the first of many children who took their own life during 2011 as a result of not being able to cope with the onslaught of bullying.... Read More

Unintended Consequences – Time for a paradigm shift

On 2 November, I gave a talk, "Unintended Consequences" at Gnomedex. I spoke to the need to recognize that "always-on" isn't necessarily always good. I went on to describe the train-wrecks which occur when technology which is... Read More

A discussion surrounding bullying

I had the pleasure of speaking with Chris Pirillo pre-Gnomedex about a variety of subjects, some light, some humorous and one very serious - the topic of bullying and the attendant suicides. During this discussion, I also shared my... Read More

Aiden Rivera Schaeff – Age 17

Aiden Rivera Schaeff died one year ago today, 22 April 2010, he committed suicide. Aiden was 17 year of age, and attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. According to the family's web site, created... Read More

Online Safety: Cyberbullying those who are different – Trust the Movie

In David Schwimmer’s TRUST, the teenage character Annie finds herself the subject of great deal of unwanted and undeserved attention by her high school classmates in a manner in which constituted to all would be unacceptable and falls within the... Read More

Bullying: The 34 we lost in 2010 to Bullycide

Bully Bullying Cyberbullying Bullycide - These four words continue to appear with ever greater frequency in the lexicon of the modern American family. We hear these words on the evening news, in our newspapers, and online in all forums.... Read More

ABA resolution addressing Bullying and Cyberbullying

Kudos to the American Bar Association (ABA) for amending and adopting their resolution 107A which urges "... federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local officials, to prevent and remediate the existence and dangers of bullying, including cyberbullying and youth-to-youth sexual... Read More

Every day is worth living

If we are able to collectively work together, we can save a life, we can save many lives and in doing so we will demonstrate to the children, every day is worth living. ... Read More

Bullycide: How many are too many?

... in 2010, by my count, 30 children ranging in age from 9-19 took their own lives as they were unable to cope with the bullying which they were being subjected. These families who lost their child ...... Read More