Bullying includes actions like • name calling • teasing • threats • abusive comments • and physical violence. Don’t think bullying is just something to overlook. Read the rest of this entry »

School violence ranges from bullying to physical attacks to murder. This horror touches small towns as well as large cities. Reasons for the recent outbreak of violence? It’s been blamed on abusive parents, violent video games and comic books, constant watching of murders on television, etc. Gavin de Becker, in his book Protecting the Gift, reports that in 1998, “nearly one million school kids grade 6-12 carried a gun to school.” Read the rest of this entry »