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It Gets Better: Atheists for a Bully-free World

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Atheists for a Bully-free World

Location: USA
Members: 40
Latest Activity: Apr 13

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Welcome to It Gets Better

Bullying and teen suicide are nothing new, but in recent years we have become increasingly aware of the damage bullying does ― to both children and adults alike ― with what seems to be a sudden spike in teen suicides related to being bulled.

The death of a child, particularly at his or her own hands, is never acceptable. It is a blight on human society that schools do not do more to prevent this, that parents can raise their children to be mean and spiteful to others, and that bullied kids don't have a support system on which they can rely when they are faced with feelings of despair and isolation.

The content of this group will undoubtedly be difficult to deal with. It is painful to see children ostracized from their peers, and made to feel as if they don't matter or don't belong. Of course, bullying is not confined to schools, either. Many adults experience bullying at home or in the workplace as well. All these issues will be explored in this group.

ONGOING THREADS
In Memoriam: Remembering the Victims of Bullying
Coping with Bullying: Videos, News, and PSAs

EXTERNAL LINKS
StopBullying.gov
It Gets Better Project
It Gets Better Project - Official YouTube Channel
The Trevor Project
Jared Story.com
Bullying Education.org
Bullycide in America
Respect U
The Price of Hate
Kindness Above Malice
School Bullying Council
Parent's Guide to Preventing and Responding to Bullying

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Comment by Sentient Biped on March 22, 2012 at 3:09pm: Check out the title. Thanks Dallas!

Comment by Steph S. on March 19, 2012 at 12:30am: Yeah sounds good to change it for everywhere.

Comment by Sentient Biped on March 17, 2012 at 11:13am: Dallas - what do you think? It's easy to change a group name. (Richard, might take a while).

Richard, the US does have it's lovely parts. Lots of volcanoes, for example. There are also some unlovely parts.

Comment by Richard Healy on March 17, 2012 at 4:47am: Petition to change the group name to a bully-free-Everywhere.

Some of us don't live in the U.S (I'm sure it's lovely)

Comment by Steph S. on February 28, 2012 at 7:36pm: Greetings everyone!

Comment by Steph S. on February 13, 2012 at 4:46pm

Comment by The Big Blue Frog on February 10, 2012 at 10:16am: I came from a small town. Our homecoming king and queen married at 18 and are still married, AFAIK. We also produced a lot of dental hygienists, for some reason. Maybe because the local community college had a good dental school.

Comment by Steph S. on February 10, 2012 at 10:06am: Hey Big Blue Frog! Yeah that experience sounds terrible. You would think after all this time there would be no cliques -- but I guess they didn't get wiser with age - they stayed the same. Some people never change it seems. Good thing you won't be going back.

Comment by The Big Blue Frog on February 10, 2012 at 9:47am: I went to my tenth HS reunion, and hated it. All the same cliques sat together, to the point where all of the popular people tried to sit at the same table and they ended up with barely room to eat. They hired some cut-rate comedian who told dirty jokes to a bunch of religious folks. That didn't go over well. When he started waving around a dildo, I think they realized their mistake.

I sat at the freaks & geeks table.

I'll never go to another one again.