Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Jim Dougan
In a similar vein, I was wondering how many suicides (such as the most recent one: the 13 year old girl Hope) would have to occur before bullying and cyber-bullying is considered a punishable crime? I posted a blog a couple of days ago with a similar question. I came down pretty strongly i

Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Smith
I have heard that it's supposed to be the "inescapable" part that is particularly troubling (and of course the anonimity of the web allows behavior that would be perhaps harder to do in public where there can be witnesses and a possible source of help). Now, I'm not plugged in and turned on I gues

RE: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Jim Clark
om: Annette Taylor [tay...@sandiego.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:47 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take? But I also wonder what is going on with resiliency in our kids. Kids have always been bullied.

RE: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Wendi K. Born
M To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take? But I also wonder what is going on with resiliency in our kids. Kids have always been bullied. We used to say as kids, "sticks and stones can break my bones but names will n

RE: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Shearon, Tim
al Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take? But I also wonder what is going on with resiliency in our kids. Kids have always been bullied. We used to say as kids, "sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me." I grew up in an

Re: [tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Annette Taylor
But I also wonder what is going on with resiliency in our kids. Kids have always been bullied. We used to say as kids, "sticks and stones can break my bones but names will never hurt me." I grew up in an immigrant family in a highly segregated neighborhood in Chicago. It was tough. No one commi

[tips] How many deaths do you think it will take?

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Smith
You know the type of story... After 5 kids get killed playing on the street, THEN the city decides it might be a good idea to put a stop sign. In a similar vein, I was wondering how many suicides (such as the most recent one: the 13 year old girl Hope) would have to occur before bullying and cyber