KIWANIS Magazine

Kiwanis Magazine April 2012 anti-bullying feature story

Bullying: Why Can’t We Stop It?

You may know the names from news reports. You may even know their individual stories. Each is different; yet each is the same.

  • Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, 11 years old: April  6, 2009
  • Megan Taylor Meier, 13 years old:  October 17, 2006
  • Phoebe Prince, 15 years old: January 14, 2010
  • Tyler Clementi, 18 years old: September 22, 2010

The dates are not birthdays to be celebrated. No, they are in fact the days Carl, Megan, Phoebe and Tyler took their lives. They are days to be mourned—not only by their families and friends so tragically affected but also by their communities and by society at large.

The suicides of these young people—these children—are linked directly to bullying from their peers.
Read the rest of the story from the April 2012 Kiwanis magazine.

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