Bullying: Words Can Kill

September 16, 2011 9:09 PM

A "48 Hours" special on bullying in the digital age. Tracy Smith reports.

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by anntherese March 3, 2012 2:48 AM EST: Kids who bully should be suspended for first two offenses. Third time, they should be expelled. Three strikes, they're out. Let their parents find new schools or be forced to home school. If schools would expel bullies, it would stop. Why aren't the perpetrators being held accountable?; Reply to this comment


by maripilipat March 2, 2012 2:47 PM EST: A Good and fast solution should be separate girls from boys in different schools, and strong legislation and education about this subject. We don't want our daughters compete from any boy, they don't have an age for that they should concentrate in education. Mixing boys and girls is the problem.
P.Menendez; Reply to this comment


by J956 March 2, 2012 1:11 AM EST: People like Rush Limbaugh (human garbage) get paid million$ to bully poor people, women, animals, and even nature itself. There is a lot more to this than just schoolyard hassles.; Reply to this comment


by AutistasAngeles333 November 20, 2011 2:46 PM EST: I survived bullycide. Words can kill. I have been bullied all my life. The worst words. I was called stupid, and stupid *****, ugly dog, been told I was nothing no one liked me was told to go die and told to go kill myself. I was called stinky and this was during my school years. I still am being bullied as of 1 month ago was getting bullied and at the beginning of the year I finally acted out on my thoughts I should be dead I overdosed so much they had to intubate me I ended up in a coma and family was told they weren't sure if I'd wake up and if I did whether I'd be a vegetable. Well my failure at death is my biggest success. What caused the 3 od's in the beginning of the year was just something I could take no more I had been bullied by someone who called me best friend in Facebook I am copying what they said but I must bleep out some words for obvious reasons

U reported me?? For what?? Now u've made an enemy of me.....Beware! Now I report u to Family services of Winnipeg!! For ur DRUG use & letting *** run away all the time! DON'T F*** WITH ME KAREN CUZ I WILL WIN! GO THE F*** AWAY & DIE! U STUPID *****! Wait til they come investigate u!.........U *****!
Now I need to explain the drug use this person decided that becauase I'm on adhd meds that its drug use. I also need to explain that this is a women 45yrs old and I am 40 so bullying does not go away. I want to help children and adults of bullying remember bullied children do grow up and grow up in pain. Thanks; Reply to this comment


by byrd90fan October 22, 2011 8:56 PM EDT: When my family moved to Wyoming from Texas my daughter came home and told me that Alicia was bullying her and telling her she was fat and ugly. My child was and is not fat. This little girl was chubby and tried to make my child feel inadequate. Eventually it stopped thank God. When we moved to Victoria, TX my daughter once again started getting bullied. It went so far that the girl would point out my daughter at the grocery store and her mother would threaten to 'jump' me. Boys would stalk my daughter and her friends. The Assist Principle waould have to escort her to my car.These folks had come to our church once for help. Hello....my husband was the Pastor. Bullying comes down to a bunch of immature cowards who can't face life. These people need more help than most. We finally broke down and started homeschooling our kids. And we moved far, far, far away. I am now stopped and told that my daughter looks like she could be one of 'America's Next Top Models'(no she's not anorexic...love's to eat). Prejudiced cause she's my daughter.....YOU BET!!!; Reply to this comment


by XxDyskrasiaXx October 14, 2011 10:37 PM EDT: I just wanna give Johnny a hug. As a fellow ex-cutter, I can relate to him.; Reply to this comment


by Vexin12 October 14, 2011 2:25 AM EDT: The bullying is much worse these days than when I was young in the 40s and 50s.
But, one time, when I was in high school a girl started calling me "piggy". (I wasn't fat.) I told her politely to stop, and when she didn't I warned her first then when she continued I smacked her face very hard. Neither she nor anyone else ever bullied me again. I also intervened when someone else was being bullied.; Reply to this comment


by Hikariru2 October 9, 2011 6:21 PM EDT: I agree, also this story demonstrates to us that most schools in America are not doing enough to stop bullying. From my Canadian perspective I think that there are too much voids in USA's school bullying policies. Commit cyber bullying in Canada and expect police and parents in the principal's office. In addition, in many school districts in Canada, teachers and districts alike monitor online activity. Therefore not only they can detect cyber bullying and pin point a suspect, but also teach students not to commit cyber crimes in schools. Of course this only curbs part of the problem since children can commit these crimes at their home computer (under parent's raders mostly. However if one is cyber bullied in Canada all they need to do is to report the bully to their isp without disclosing personal information. I am grateful that I am safe in a Canadian high school.; Reply to this comment


by louthewalrus October 7, 2011 1:38 PM EDT: This is cool; Reply to this comment


by chey1297 September 30, 2011 3:17 AM EDT: Growing up myself I endured alot of bullying, in 3rd grade a boy Choked me until i turned blue, my mother whom had just finalized my adoption enrolled me in Karate, two weeks later when the same boy came after me again I defended myself.
middle school was worse I never did fit in I am a girl and I play the trombone, I am adopted and lived in a northern state I have a very strong southern accent. So kids persistently bullied me called me names and even threatened me over many things. half of the fist fights I got into in school were over being bullied where they called me names and in 8th grade 3 girls ganged up on me and beat me up to the point of cracking two of my ribs... there reason was because my birth brother is Gay. I honestly can say my adopted parents did all they could do to combat the problem. after I was raped I attempted suicide the one thing that stopped me was Billy Ray Cyrus's music, I surrounded myself with his music and my poetry that I write. The kids got even worse calling me " cyrus" and things, until one day i just quit listening... in tenth grade I quit school borded a greyhound bus to Texas and didn't look back. even ten years later looking back I don't regret it either....
schools don't do enough to stop it... one life taken is one too many.; Reply to this comment

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