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Friday, October 18, 2013

Parents to blame for their bullying children?

Rebecca Sedwick suicide: Parents to blame for their bullying children? (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd talks about the arrest of two juvenile girls in a Florida bullying case at a press conference in Winter Haven Monday. (Calvin Knight/The Ledger/AP) In the wake of 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick’s suicide last month –…

Mother says cyber-bullying drove 12-year-old daughter to commit suicide

Mother says cyber-bullying drove 12-year-old daughter to commit suicide (via CBS News)

Friends of Rebecca Ann Sedwick wore bright-colored ribbons and T-shirts to the 12-year-old's funeral to draw attention to the bullying messages they say convinced her she should take her own life. Authorities are looking into whether they can file charges…

Jersey suicidal teen saved by California girl who saw blog post on Tumblr

N.J. suicidal teen saved by California girl who saw blog post on Tumblr (via NJ.com)

UNION TOWNSHIP —Sitting at a computer somewhere in Union Township, a 16-year-old girl posted an ominous message on her Tumblr blog that she was about to kill herself. It was a cry for help broadcast to a tiny corner of the Internet and masked by the privacy of a username. But nearly 2,700 miles away…

Teen suicides linked to disturbing trend: online images of sexual assault

Teen suicides linked to disturbing trend: online images of sexual assault (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor)

Copyright ImageClick to View A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered 15-year-old Audrie Pott, who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall.(Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard/AP) Less than a month…

Bullied Michigan 8th grader dead after shooting himself in school bathroom

Bullied Michigan 8th grader dead after shooting himself in school bathroom (via Raw Story )

An eighth grader at Davidson Middle School in Southgate Michigan is dead after shooting himself in one of the school’s boys bathrooms. According to Detroit’s Fox 2 News, the teen was found and rushed to Oakwood Southshore Medical Center where he died of his injuries. Shortly after 9:00 a.m., school…

Keeping kids safe online: Internet safety experts offer advice

Keeping kids safe online: Internet safety experts offer advice (via OregonLive.com)

Live chat Tuesday How do you keep your kids safe online? Join reporter Kelly House and the Omamas, The Oregonian's parenting bloggers, for a live chat about Internet safety at 1 p.m. Tuesday. If you are a parent with a child old enough to click a mouse, you are likely concerned about Internet safety…