Didn't want to go to school." Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Then when I am talking to young people about Columbine they almost always understand it in the context of school bullying in the context of parental neglect in the context of kids' lack of self-esteem and dignity.

当我和人们讨论科罗拉多可伦拜高中枪杀案时,他们几乎都是这样理解的,无非是校园暴力,缺乏父母管教,以及孩子们缺少自尊自立。

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He said girls in one Dakar school told him about a lack of bathrooms and textbooks for them, and bullying from boys.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

Spreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullying.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

The poll by Zogby International and the Workplace Bullying Institute found that another fifteen percent have witnessed it.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

Her daughter Tina was the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of Minnesota.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

The new study led by Doctor Shetgiri shows that parents could help prevent bullying by improving communication and involvement with their children.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Susan Swearer is a psychologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and co-director of the Bullying Research Network.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

What some workers might consider bullying by another worker or a supervisor might not be true.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

She says bullying is connected to depression,anxiety and anti-social behavior, and bullies are often victims themselves.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Last April, Australia's Productivity Commission considered the cost of bullying in a report on workplace safety.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

University of Nebraska psychologist Susan Swearer says communication between students and teachers can also reduce bullying.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norway in the late nineteen seventies.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

She says studies have shown improvement when students are taught about bullying and respectful behavior.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Workplace bullying can involve threats, baseless criticism,discrimination and favoring some employees unfairly over others.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

But experts say productivity suffers in workplaces where employers tolerate or accept bullying.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

Some programs also try to get people to intervene to stop bullying.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

An old problem is getting new attention in the United States: bullying.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Judy Kuczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called Bully Police USA.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Phoebe Prince hanged herself in Massachusetts in January following months of bullying.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Today we have the last of three reports on bullying.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

"And a lot of these bullying prevention and intervention programs that focus on bystanders have been shown to be the effective programs because they focus on changing that bystander behavior.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Storylines have explored things such as bullying,cyberspace and reality TV.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

What can be done to prevent bullying?

VOA: special.2010.04.22

"There's about thirty percent of U.S.children are involved in bullying, and the latest numbers we have is about thirteen percent of them are bullies, eleven percent as victims and then six percent as both bullies and victims."

VOA: special.2010.05.06

So instead of watching bullying take place or joining in with the bullying, these programs teach bystanders how to stand up and be supportive of the kids who are being victimized and to say 'You know we don't do that here, we don't engage in those behaviors.'" Professor Swearer advises parents and teachers to try to get children to talk to them about being bullied.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Kim says bullying at the school, both online and offline, has decreased and students and teachers get along much better now.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

And then other people see the negative comments and join in. South Korea is not alone in combating cyber-bullying.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

So it is our role to bring our efforts together so that we could prevent people from killing themselves from this cyber-bullying."

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The aim is to stop cyber-bullying and create a more positive atmosphere on the Internet.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30