Cyber & School Bullying

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Will it ever stop?

Every time i'm on the internet or watching t.v. , I see a report of a teenager or a young kid committing suicide due to bullying. It feels as though the population is slowly decreasing. Every time I hear and listen to a story of a parent who has/have lost a child, it brings back to the times when i was bullied. Bullying has become more dangerous and more hateful. When i was growing up, there wasnt the fancy computers and the high tech cell phones there are now. All i can think about is how…

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Added by Brandy Miller on November 25, 2011 at 12:48am — No Comments

From Chapter 11 of "Please Stop Laughing at Me..."

From Chapter 11 of Please Stop Laughing at Me...

"I’ve been blessed. Despite getting knocked down so many times, God keeps putting people in my corner at just the right time who give me the courage and strength to come out for one more round. Often, the opponent isn’t another fighter, but my own self-doubt. Though sometimes it feels like I’m alone in the ring, I know now that’s an…

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Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on March 7, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

From Chapter 10 of "Please Stop Laughing at Me..."

From Chapter 10 of Please Stop Laughing at Me...

"With each passing day, I can feel my resolve slipping away. Christmas has me down and out. Mom senses something, but isn't pushing me to open up. I guess she figures I'll talk about it when I'm ready. Instead, she busies herself preparing for Christmas. My parents love the holidays. The interior of our home looks like the…

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Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on December 21, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

From Chapter 8 of "Please Stop Laughing at Me..."

From Chapter 8 of Please Stop Laughing at Me...

"I'm aware that being different is a social death warrant when you're fourteen. I didn't choose to be different any more than someone chooses to be gay or tall. You don't get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become. The popular kids like A.J. and Nadia, who are often so cruel, aren't bad people. They're just afraid of being alone. I think they sometimes secretly envy… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on December 14, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

From Chapter 4 of "Please Stop Laughing at Me..."

From Chapter 4 of Please Stop Laughing at Me...

"I thought I might throw up. "Come on, you guys. Just leave me alone." They both burst into laughter. Now, I didn't care what happened to me. I was seething with rage.

"Go to hell, you bastard," I cried. Then Steve hit me in the chest so hard that it knocked the wind clean out of me. Struggling to catch my breath, I fell to the ground and sobbed. Mr. Warren saw me as he was getting into… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on November 29, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

I remember so looking forward to Thanksgiving every year...

I remember so looking forward to Thanksgiving every year when I was a kid because it meant a break from the constant bullying at school. I may not have been able to escape the loneliness over the Thanksgiving holiday, but at least I could escape the ridicule and abuse, the relentless teasing and taunting from classmates.

Unfortunately today, with the internet and social networking sites like facebook and myspace, kids have no escape. They are haunted in their homes. Everyone always… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on November 16, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

For adults still struggling with the memories of childhood bullying...

For those adults still struggling with the memories of childhood bullying, you are not alone...

From Chapter 1 of Please Stop Laughing at Me... :

"What am I doing to myself? I'm not a teenager anymore. The people attending tonight's reunion are adults with children and jobs and grown-up lives. It's absurd to worry that they're going to gang up on me. I'm behaving like a neurotic twit. I've got… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on November 8, 2010 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

My heart broke at Mooseheart

I was at Jodee's presentation at Mooseheart on Tuesday November 2, 2010. I don't know if she would even know who I was except for being probablly the only one in the room sobbing to the point where it was getting hard to breath.

Just the day before, I recieved a heart renching call from my 11 year old son's school, asking me to please come in because there where some texts on my son's phone that we needed to discuss. My heart sunk to my feet, I felt anxious and couldn't even…

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Added by Camille T. Ruffino on November 3, 2010 at 12:05pm — 1 Comment

I got to thinking…

I’m sitting here at Midway airport—my flight is delayed hours due to weather. I feel tired and antsy, wishing I were anywhere but here. And then, I got to thinking…

That’s exactly how I used to feel when I was in school! Every day was an exercise in courage and patience. It was especially rough during seventh and eighth grade—like being in limbo, stuck between wanting to be an adult, but still wishing I could be a normal kid, one who fit in, got invited to parties, and always had… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on October 27, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

"What do you do if you report bullying to your school and they do nothing?"

"What do you do if you report bullying to your school and they do nothing?"

There's nothing more frustrating than finally mustering up the courage to report to school administrators that you're being bullied, and nothing happens. I hear it all the time, when I do television shows and give advice to viewers, on radio shows from callers, and in school gyms and auditoriums across America. Sometimes it will be a parent who tells me that their son or daughter is being tormented by the… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on October 13, 2010 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

I've been meeting so many of you in person and enjoying every minute of it!

I've been meeting so many of you in person on tour and enjoying every minute of it! Though touring itself can be exhausting, emotionally as well as physically, when those of you who are able to make it to my evening seminars take the time out of your lives to attend, I'm so honored and touched, that it reinvigorates my whole heart.

Last night, I was concerned I'd be staring at a bunch of empty seats for my parent/family seminar because I was speaking at a school district outside my… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on September 29, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Feeling tired lately...

Hey everyone, today I'm going to talk about something we can all relate too--feeling tired. I'm really bushed having done three talks already since this morning, and with another one yet tonight. Am I pushing myself beyond my limits? Absolutely! And I do so because tired or not, my passion for helping kids and animals is still bigger than my weariness, no matter how tired my body may feel. I know that some of you may have good intentions about following through on something important to you,… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on September 23, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Another of my precious personal causes: animal rights...

Every once in a while, I get on my soap box about my most precious personal cause--animal rights. I'm a huge animal lover. In fact, if you're keeping up with this blog, you probably read a few weeks ago about how I led the charge on rescuing a parrot in Guam that needed a better home.

I care so much about animals. They're innocent and need our love and care. I remember several years ago I had mice in my home. I didn't call an exterminator. I would NEVER do that. Instead I called… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on September 13, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

The struggle of the "ancient child"...

Hey everyone, I'm in Maryland again, St. Mary's County. The school district here brought me in last month to kick off their anti-bullying initiative this year, and also to address over three thousand of their faculty members on bullying awareness and prevention. This week I'm here presenting to students, and a new group--school bus drivers. I adore the administration here. They are so on their game, and are obviously deeply committed to students.

After my first middle school talk… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on September 8, 2010 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

You'll never guess where I am...

Hey everyone. You'll never guess where I am! Guam. Yes, Guam! It's a tiny island in the western pacific, about three hours from Japan, Australia and Hawaii. If you look at a map, it's a dot in the middle of the Pacific. A group of Catholic nuns, some of whom heard a seminar I gave last year at a large educational convention, invited me to speak at some of the schools here. Getting here was arduous to say the least. I flew from Chicago to Salt Lake City, Utah, connected to Tokyo, and from Tokyo… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on August 31, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

I'm sitting in my hotel room in Montgomery, Alabama...

I'm sitting in my hotel room in Montgomery Alabama after a long day of speaking. I gave two student presentations today, and a teacher workshop. Usually, by the time evening arrives, I'm exhausted emotionally and physically from having relived my past all day. Tonight it's different. I feel exhilarated, full of hope, energy and excitement. I think it has a lot to do with the school itself that I visited today--Montgomery Catholic Prep. The president of the school, Anne, was warm, open and full… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on August 24, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

To those of you fearful of starting college...

For many of you starting college, you're probably heading off to your dorm rooms, accompanied by one or both parents reluctant to see you leave the nest. Or perhaps you're the parent, or maybe even an adult survivor remembering the fear in your belly the day you moved into your dorm for the first time. Or are you an educator worried about a student who's beginning college life and all you can think of is how much that kid struggled to fit in as a high school or middle school student. Whatever… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on August 17, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Everywhere I look, I see promotions for back to school...

Everywhere I look, I see promotions for back to school. While I’m excited about this year’s fall tour, and all the amazing schools I’ll be visiting, helping students, teachers and parents become more aware about bullying and how to deal with it, I also know that it takes more than one determined activist to inspire sustainable change. It requires tapping into the inner-activist in all of us, finding that place inside our hearts that’s sick and tired of watching those around us get hurt, whether… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on August 9, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

It's tour season again...

Hey everyone, it's tour season again. It's weird because even though I'm an adult and long out of school, every year at this time, I can't help but go back in my mind to what school was like for me, and wonder, how did I ever survive. I know that some of you who are reading this blog post right now are probably wondering the same thing too. Perhaps you're a student dreading having to face the mean members of the cool… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on August 4, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Getting ready for my tour...

Hey everyone, I can’t believe it’s nearly the end of July, and in a week, I’ll be getting ready for fall tour again. For those of who aren’t familiar with my tour, I travel across the country, speaking at schools, sharing my story to generate awareness about bullying. I do a day-long program called It’s NOT Just Joking Around!™ that includes a student presentation in the morning or early afternoon, a teacher… Continue

Added by Please Stop Laughing at Me on July 16, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

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