Comments on: Teenage Suicide, Don’t Do It! http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/02/09/teenage-suicide-dont-do-it/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Bullying-Industrial Complex | DADWAGON http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/02/09/teenage-suicide-dont-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1385 The Bullying-Industrial Complex | DADWAGON Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:59 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=3607#comment-1385 [...] is all tied to the unfortunate suicide of a Massachusetts teen in January which got all buzzed up because it involved “cyberbullying” (the “teasing went digital,” Good [...] [...] is all tied to the unfortunate suicide of a Massachusetts teen in January which got all buzzed up because it involved “cyberbullying” (the “teasing went digital,” Good [...]

]]> By: Matt http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/02/09/teenage-suicide-dont-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Matt Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:58:52 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=3607#comment-698 Jack—Some of the articles I've read go into the difficulty schools face in policing bullying that happens in reality versus the kind that takes place online. It's not an easy thing to do, especially when, according to stories like this one <http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1230523>, there are 30 kids to investigate. Two have been suspended, but I bet there's more to come. And here's the best all-around version of the story so far: http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/01/phoebe_prince_15_commits_suici.php Jack—Some of the articles I’ve read go into the difficulty schools face in policing bullying that happens in reality versus the kind that takes place online. It’s not an easy thing to do, especially when, according to stories like this one , there are 30 kids to investigate. Two have been suspended, but I bet there’s more to come.

And here’s the best all-around version of the story so far:
http://www.truecrimereport.com/2010/01/phoebe_prince_15_commits_suici.php

]]> By: Jack http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/02/09/teenage-suicide-dont-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Jack Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:49:12 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=3607#comment-697 <i>I don’t mean to minimize Phoebe Prince’s death, but I suspect there’s more to this than just garden-variety childhood bullying. I don’t understand what’s changed between the taunting of my youth and the bullying of today.</i> I am with you. I suspect that there is more to the story. As a parent and a person this story breaks my heart. I wonder what kind of help if any she received from adults. Did someone try to help stop the bullying or did they just let it go on and figure that it was just kids being kids. I don’t mean to minimize Phoebe Prince’s death, but I suspect there’s more to this than just garden-variety childhood bullying. I don’t understand what’s changed between the taunting of my youth and the bullying of today.

I am with you. I suspect that there is more to the story. As a parent and a person this story breaks my heart. I wonder what kind of help if any she received from adults.

Did someone try to help stop the bullying or did they just let it go on and figure that it was just kids being kids.

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