bullying

"With great power, comes great responsibility." - Uncle Ben, Spiderman

KELSEY BENOIT THE SIGNAL Everyone is a winner today. The trend in children’s organized sports is for every participant to get an award at the end of the season. Parents and organizations feel that by doing this, they are building…

Bullying is one of the oldest, most traumatic aspects of childhood. In the past, bullying has been dismissed as simply “kids being kids.” This indifferent attitude is now being challenged in the new documentary “Bully.”

Tyler Long, a 17-year-old high school student from Murray County, GA came home from school one night and retired to his room. The next morning, his father found him dead; he had hanged himself.

During the span of three weeks, seven teenagers – Cody Barker, Justin Aaberg, Billy Lucas, Asher Brown, Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Corey Jackson – took their own lives. The common link? Each was the subject of bullying because they were…