bullying

It's National Bullying Prevention Month.  Quite frankly, I can't even believe we have to have a month called this.  Bullying ruins lives at any age you are.  The statistics of bullying keeps rising in our school and it's just horrible.

As New Jersey school children head back to the classroom this week, many of them may become the target of a bully. How can parents recognize the signs that their child is, in fact, the victim of a bully? What can they do to help?

New Jersey high school athletes who engage in trash talking could soon find themselves under investigation by the State Division of Civil Rights, and face other penalties as well.

It's not uncommon for siblings to argue, tease and even get physical on occasion, but new research finds bullying and aggressive behavior by a sibling can be just as damaging as bullying by a classmate or peer.

Many Garden State parents are wondering why their child's teacher has been absent from school so much this spring.

A former Toms River Regional School District Attorney questions a recent decision by the State Civil Rights Division Director that sides with a ruling that said the district failed to protect a student from bullying because of his perceived sexual orientation.

The Toms River school district failed to take reasonable actions to stop the persistent bullying of the student based on his perceived sexual orientation more than a decade ago.

You may not hear a lot about adult bullying, but it is a problem. There are bullies at work, at home, on the internet and in social cliques.

Bullying is an issue that has been in the news a lot since the death of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi two years ago (can you believe it's been two years?). But people continue to be singled out for their differences.

New Jersey is holding its second annual "Week of Respect" program, which was created last year as part of the state's anti-bullying law.