All posts tagged "teen suicide"
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Priscilla Blossom | July 18, 2017
Teen’s Suicide Prompted by Blue Whale Online Challenge
One of the hardest things for anyone to go through is the loss of a child, but it’s...
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Elizabeth Licata | June 26, 2017
School Assignment Asks Teens to Write Their Own Suicide Notes
A UK school has apologized to parents for an English assignment that made students write out their own...
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Theresa Edwards | May 1, 2014
If We Learn Anything From This Teen’s Suicide, It Should Be That We Need A Real Solution To Bullying
There is a lot of sudden scrutiny on bullying, which I consider to be a good thing. But...
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Eve Vawter | January 7, 2014
Rape Victim Daisy Coleman In Hospital With Possible Brain Damage After Suicide Attempt
Melinda Coleman, mother of Daisy Coleman, a young girl who claims she was raped by two high school...
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Eve Vawter | April 12, 2013
Another Teen Girl Dead Because Her Sexual Attack Was Posted Online: RIP Audrie Pott
I don't think I'm being alarmist when I ask you all to talk to your teens and your...
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Lindsay Cross | February 4, 2013
Oklahoma Teen Tragically Commits Suicide In The School Bathroom, Entire Student Body Likely In Shock
At 8:35 this morning, a freshman at Coweta Intermediate School in Oklahoma went into the bathroom and fatally...
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Eve Vawter | December 13, 2012
Another Teen ‘Slut-Shamed’ To Death Due To Cyber Bullying
I know we talk about bullying with our kids, how not to put others down and how to...
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Eve Vawter | October 26, 2012
Slut-Shamed To Death, We Need To Start Bullying Our Teens Into Not Bullying
Call CPS on me if you want to, but if I hear one of my kids calling a...
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Lindsay Cross | September 11, 2012
Mother Charged With ‘Causing Suicide” Of Teen Son Sure Didn’t Prevent It
Last month, a teenage boy took his life in Muncie, Indiana. It's a tragedy that would normally bring...
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Lindsay Cross | March 16, 2012
Cyberbullying: Tyler Clementi’s Roommate Found Guilty Of Hate Crimes
Today, a New Jersey court found Dharun Ravi guilty of hate crimes for spying on his Rutgers University...
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Shawna Cohen | December 29, 2011
Bullied Girl Commits Suicide, Family Gets $225,000 Settlement
On January 14, 2010, the family of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince had their lives shattered forever. That's because Prince,...
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Shawna Cohen | December 5, 2011
Bret Easton Ellis To Bullying Victims: ‘Man Up’
Just one month after New Kids In The Hall's Scott Thompson told gay teens to "grow...
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Shawna Cohen | October 18, 2011
Zachary Quinto: ‘Gay Kids Need To Stop Killing Themselves’
Remember the tragic story of Jamey Rodemeyer? He's the 14-year-old boy from Buffalo, New York, who...
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Shawna Cohen | August 31, 2011
This Transgender 10-Year-Old Has Her Parents’ Full Support
With all the crappy news lately about homophobia and bullying in the schoolyard – not to...