Bullying
ABUSE BITES, INC. —STOP BULLYING CAMPAIGN
A 501 (c) 3 Corporation
Offering *Awareness *Education *Training *Resources *Healing for Schools, Workplaces, & Communities
ABUSE BITES is a non-profit organization educates the public on bullying. They are the ABC’s to stopping Abuse, Bullying, Violence, and Poverty — The Abuse Bites Corporation, helping kids, teens, adults, families, and entire communities be a safer, healthier, and productive. Founded in 2005 by lifelong Abuse Survivor, Lisa Freeman–a middle school drop out, abused runaway, who suffered through two horrifically abusive marriages. Yet at 26, this single mother, went on to college and overcame every obstacle in her path to reclaim her life. Today she’s an Award Winning Author, Speaker, the Healing Projects Specialist for the Bully Police USA, and a Certified Pet Therapist & Dog Trainer.
Stop Bullying, Violence, & Poverty
The Freeman’s know what it’s like to be homeless, penniless, and how hard it is to work their way up the ladder of success. That’s why they help other hurting families and pets. They also have experienced bullying and abuse first hand. Jeremiah Freeman was almost bullied to death in high school. Melissa was labeled “gay”. Robert was a cutter and a victim of work bullying. Brian had Asperger’s Syndrome & a heart condition. Due to being different, a little overweight and severe scarring, he was bullied relentlessly, yet he didn’t take revenge on those who bullied him. He lived and died forgiving his bullies. RIP Brian 6/27/88 to 8/10/10. Brian wanted to travel all over the USA to Stop Abuse, Bullying & Violence. More
What Statistics Say
- 1 out of 10 kids are bullied on a regular basis
- 40 % of all teens/kids are Cyber Bullied
- In 85% of all Playground Bullying there is no intervention
- 600,000 kids miss school every day for fear of bullying
- 1 teen dies every 1/2 hour in the USA from bullying/bullycide
- Kids who are obese, gay, or have disabilities are 63% more likely to be bullied than others
- 86% of people in the workforce experience bullying, a whopping 71.5 million, & most of them fear speaking up
Our Mission: To Change Hearts & Save Lives
After Brian died, we found a CHANGE jar he’d been saving. We immediately knew we were to collect CHANGE so we could go all over the USA to CHANGE HEARTS and STOP ABUSE, BULLYING & VIOLENCE just like Brian wanted. More
By raising awareness, educating others, offering training and other resources, we believe we can SAVE LIVES & CHANGE THE WORLD by being the voice for all innocent victims of abuse who can’t speak up.
THERAPY DOGS OFFER UNIQUE WAY OF HEALING
By using trained therapy dogs (AKA The Bully & Bully Buster) in the program it takes the focus off the victim’s pain and allows all (victim, bully, bystander) a unique way of healing through an upbeat, fun, educational workshop. More
PLEASE VISIT THEIR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BULLYING:
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“UGLY-TED” ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN
Ugly Ted Needs A Best Friend!
Ugly Ted may not be your typical looking teddy bear, but with a beautiful inner soul and lovable heart, he is as adorable and desirable as any of the other teddies out there.
Ugly Ted is truly tired of being bullied, harassed and made to feel lonely. While other “prettier” teddy bears are treated with love and respect, Ugly Ted can only dream of feeling accepted and being apart of a family.
“Ugly bears need love too, as they are not ugly inside. No matter what someone looks like, or where they are from, always remember to treat others the way you would want to be treated”, Ugly Ted says.
It’s now up to us to protect bullying victims like Ugly Ted and shower them with the much needed love they deserve.
Please give Ugly Ted a home and a hug by opening your heart and sharing tender loving care! Help make this world a little more beautiful!
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World’s ugliest teddy bear and anti-bullying advocate. The newest innovation in kid’s toys, Ugly Ted’s unique philosophy emphasizes inner beauty and is a child’s new best friend, as well as their greatest teacher.
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Fully dedicated to creating a more caring world for today’s youth, Ugly Ted is donating a portion of its proceeds to many different charities.
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CYBER-BULLYING & HARASSMENT
Recent stories may stick in your head of cyber-bullying. Such as the mom on Myspace who bullied a young girl into killing herself. But in reality you have probably seen it a million times and never reported it.
Lately in the mom blogging community there has been one particular instance that has blown up forums, twitter, facebook and blogs around the nation. In recent weeks a “Mom Blogger” had posted a few photos on her site and not only started off the bashing, but encouraged others to join it. These photos were of random people in an airport, 2 happen to be teenagers. The one with the most comments was a 15 year old, who was called fat, & overweight. (The specified post has now been removed)
Although there is a freedom of speech act, there are many boundaries this went past. One would be the defamation of character, and Second, i am sure would be distributing photos of a minor (since they were used in a wrong way.) Some of you may ask why this is such a big deal. Consider this your child. Would you want someone posting pictures of your daughter on their site to be made fun of ? This is a prime example of Cyber -Bullying.
What is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is plain and simple cyberharassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyberharassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.
Direct cyber bullying includes all of cyber stalking’s modes, and then some: (from Officer.com)
- Instant or text messaging harassment. Bullies use these tools the same way they’d use e-mail – to threaten or say hurtful things.
- Password stealing. With the victim’s password, a bully can impersonate the victim, change profile information to include personal or inflammatory language, or use the password to hack the victim’s account.
- Blogs and Web sites. Blogs are free online diaries. They can stand alone or be linked to a Web site. In both cases, a bully might post disparaging information about a victim, or start a blog or site impersonating the victim.
- Digital pictures. Teens may use their phones to take pictures of other teens in the locker room or shower, then e-mail the pictures to friends or even post them online.
- Internet polling. Bullies participate in insulting or degrading polls about a classmate’s physical characteristics or sexual experience.
Another form, cyber bullying by proxy, is more troublesome than direct cyber bullying, because bullies involve people who don’t know what they are getting into. In most cases, cyber bullying by proxy makes it look as if the victim has started trouble, most often when a bully impersonates the victim. The victim’s friends may become angry and shun him; the victim’s parents may punish him; or a bully may even notify the ISP that the victim is a bully, so the ISP takes action against the victim.
One of the most dangerous forms of cyber bullying by proxy involves the bully either pretending to be the victim, or posting the victim’s personal information, in chatrooms and bulletin boards that pedophiles or hate groups frequent. Advertising the victim for sex, or portraying the victim as a racist, can put the victim in significant physical danger.
Who are the bullies?
StopCyberBullying.org identifies four main types of bullies. These bullies are not like “traditional” playground bullies. Moreover, no one group or “type” is more at risk than another to become either a bully or a victim.
- “Vengeful angels” typically cyber bully teens who have been bullying them or their friends.
- “Revenge of the nerds” cyber bullies are similar to vengeful angels, though they bully more to have power over others with whom they normally have no power. Unlike vengeful angels, they need others to know what they’re up to.
- “Mean girls” get together in a group to cyber bully, often for entertainment. Attention feeds their egos (and thus their behavior).
- “Inadvertent” cyber bullies either don’t know they are doing wrong when they respond to an upsetting message or intend to be “playful” and don’t understand that others could take it seriously.
http://www.gomcgruff.com/m/index.asp
BULLYING 42EXPLORE
http://www.42explore2.com/bully.htm
STOP BULLYING NOW
http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/index.asp?area=main
STUDENT VIOLENCE IN AMERICA’S SCHOOLS – A NEW YORK TIMES ISSUE IN DEPTH
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/schoolviolence/index.html
VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESOURCES
http://www.air.org/cecp/school_violence.htm
WHAT’S WRONG WITH BULLYING?
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312169/intro.html
ANTI-BULLYING NETWORK
http://www.antibullying.net/
BULLYING MYTHS – TRUE/FALSE QUIZ
http://www.melissainstitute.org/documents/BullyingMythsQuiz.pdf
OPERATION RESPECT: DON’T LAUGH AT ME
http://www.dontlaugh.org/
OUT ON A LIMB – A GUIDE TO GETTING ALONG
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/conflict/index.html
SCHOOL VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER
http://www.svrc.net/
THE SCHOOL VIOLENCE WATCH NETWORK
http://www.cybersnitch.net/schoolviolencewatch.htm
VIOLENCE PREVENTION
http://www.rhlschool.com/violenceprev.htm
YOUTH VIOLENCE THEME PAGE
http://www.cln.org/themes/youth_violence.html
Petition For Removal Of Cyber-bullying
http://www.petitiononline.com/102102/
To report a website or blog you think may be harassing anyone, please use these:
FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en#last
FBI in connection to the Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx
Officer.Com
Specifically For Child Harassment Awareness or Danger:
Nancy Grace
http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/
Steve Wilkos
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