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Bullied Teen: A Modern Cinderella Story [VIDEO]

Ally Brooks — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 20:59:25 +0000

For those of us who have had the misfortune of being bullied at some point during our life, Whitney Kropp is our hero. Whitney was nominated to Homecoming Court as a Sophomore Princess. She was so happy… until she found out it was a cruel joke. She said she felt, “like trash” and like no [...]

Would You Let Your Child Undergo Plastic Surgery If It Could Prevent Bullying? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:00:19 +0000

Bullying has been around forever, but it’s really come to the forefront over the last few years with experts and educators weighing in with different ways to solve this problem that affects so many kids. Recently Nadia Ilse, a 14-year-old girl in Georgia, was given complimentary plastic surgery so she could pin back the ears that had [...]

Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Starts Her Own Anti-Bullying Foundation

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:30:11 +0000

Remember Karen Klein, the upstate New York bus monitor who was viciously harassed by her middle school charges in a video that went viral in June? Her story had a happy ending, as an internet fundraising campaign to send the 68-year-old on a “nice vacation” raised over $700,000 from 32,000 people around the world.

That’s more than enough money for Klein to retire from the yellow school bus grind. And she plans to. But she is also using a good chunk of the cash — $100,000 — to set up the Karen Klein Anti-Bullying Foundation.