Bullying and Suicide

​There is a strong link between bullying and suicide, as suggested by recent bullying-related suicides in the US and other countries. Parents, teachers, and students learn the dangers of bullying and help students who may be at risk of committing suicide.
In recent years, a series of bullying-related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the connection between bullying and suicide. Though too many adults still see bullying as “just part of being a kid,” it is a serious problem that leads to many negative effects for victims, including suicide. Many people may not realize that there is also a link between being a bully and committing suicide.
The statistics on bullying and suicide are alarming:

• Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it.
• Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University
• A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying
• 10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study above
• According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying

Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyberbullying, and sexting, or circulating suggestive or nude photos or messages about a person.
Some schools or regions have more serious problems with bullying and suicide related to bullying. This may be due to an excessive problem with bullying at the school. It could also be related to the tendency of students who are exposed to suicide to consider suicide themselves.
Some of the warning signs of suicide can include:

• Showing signs of depression, like ongoing sadness, withdrawal from others, losing interest in favorite activities, or trouble sleeping or eating
• Talking about or showing an interest in death or dying
• Engaging in dangerous or harmful activities, including reckless behavior, substance abuse, or self injury
• Giving away favorite possessions and saying goodbye to people
• Saying or expressing that they can’t handle things anymore
• Making comments that things would be better without them

If a person is displaying these symptoms, talk to them about your concerns and get them help right away, such as from a counselor, doctor, or at the emergency room.
In some cases, it may not be obvious that a teen is thinking about suicide, such as when the suicide seems to be triggered by a particularly bad episode of bullying. In several cases where bullying victims killed themselves, bullies had told the teen that he or she should kill him or herself or that the world would be better without them. Others who hear these types of statements should be quick to stop them and explain to the victim that the bully is wrong.
Other ways to help people who may be considering suicide include:

• Take all talk or threats of suicide seriously. Don’t tell the person they are wrong or that they have a lot to live for. Instead, get them immediate medical help.
• Keep weapons and medications away from anyone who is at risk for suicide. Get these items out of the house or at least securely locked up.
• Parents should encourage their teens to talk about bullying that takes place. It may be embarrassing for kids to admit they are the victims of bullying, and most kids don’t want to admit they have been involved in bullying. Tell victims that it’s not their fault that they are being bullied and show them love and support. Get them professional help if the bullying is serious.
• It is a good idea for parents to insist on being included in their children’s friends on social networking sites so they can see if someone has posted mean messages about them online. Text messages may be more difficult to know about, so parents should try to keep open communications with their children about bullying.
• Parents who see a serious bullying problem should talk to school authorities about it, and perhaps arrange a meeting with the bully’s parents. More states are implementing laws against bullying, and recent lawsuits against schools and criminal charges against bullies show that there are legal avenues to take to deal with bullies. If school authorities don’t help with an ongoing bullying problem, local police or attorneys may be able to.

People who are thinking about suicide should talk to someone right away or go to an emergency room. They can also call a free suicide hotline, such as 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Friends and relatives of suicide victims also need to find someone to talk to as they grieve, especially if they are suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts themselves.

​Celebrities Who've Been Caught Lying: Brian Williams http://www.tvguide.com/galleries/celebrities-caught-lying/photo/be0eb582-ba73-43c0-9f7a-a5f06933185f/?

Celebrities Who've Been Caught Lying

• Brian WilliamsOn the Jan. 30, 2015, broadcast of NBC Nightly News, Williams recalled being struck down in a helicopter while covering the Iraq War in 2003. But when veterans who were involved in the incident said that never happened, Williams was forced to recant and apologize on air, telling viewers that he had misremembered the incident. After voluntarily stepping down for a few days, NBC News suspended Williams for six months without pay while its internal investigation continues.
  

He made a mistake.  For whatever the reason was he lied, we don't believe Brian Williams is a bad man.  We believe he got caught up in the moment and for whatever reason it got away with him.  

Brian WilliamsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Brian Williams, see Brian Williams (disambiguation).
Brian Williams

Williams in 2012
BornBrian Douglas Williams
May 5, 1959 (age 56)
Middletown Township, New Jersey, U.S.
ResidenceNew Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrookdale Community College
George Washington University
The Catholic University of America
Years active1981–present
Notable credit(s)NBC News reporter (1993–2004)
NBC Nightly News weekend anchor (1993–1999)
NBC Nightly News anchor and managing editor (2004–February 2015)
MSNBC breaking news anchor (September 2015–)
Salary< $10 million annually[1]
ReligionRoman Catholicism[2]
Spouse(s)Jane Gillan Stoddard (1986–present)
Children2, including Allison
WebsiteOfficial profile[dead link]

Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959)[3] is an American journalist. He is best known for serving ten years as anchorand managing editor for NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network. Nine months after taking the position in December 2004,[4] he anchored NBC coverage from New Orleans of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and NBC News won a Peabody Award for his and his colleagues' coverage of the story.[5] As anchor of the program, he was considered one of the country's most popular and well-respected news anchors, which led to his becoming a frequent late-night talk show guest.[6][7][8][9] Williams also hosted the prime time news magazine Rock Center with Brian Williams, which was heavily promoted but cancelled after only two seasons.[10]
In February 2015, Williams was suspended without pay from Nightly News for "misrepresent[ing] events which occurred while he was covering the 2003 Iraq War."[11] A subsequent investigation by NBC found that Williams had made a "number of inaccurate statements about his own role" in events he reported over the years and in June 2015, he was reassigned to breaking news and special events coverage on MSNBC, with Lester Holt being named as the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News.[12]
Williams returned to the air on September 22, 2015, on MSNBC, anchoring the coverage of the touchdown of Pope Francisin the U.S. at the beginning of his six-day visit.[13]

Bill Clinton"I did not have sexual relations with that woman," Clinton declared in a press conference in January 1998, days after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke. Seven months later, after Lewinsky handed over that infamous blue dress, Clinton admitted in a grand jury testimony to having had an "improper physical relationship" with his former intern. Clinton became the second president to be impeached, but was acquitted of all charges.

Lance ArmstrongArmstrong had vehemently denied doping for years, but his cover-up began to unravel with his cohorts and riding partners confessed and/or were outed. Following Floyd Landis' confession and accusation that Armstrong had doped in 2010, a federal investigation was launched, culminating in the stripping of Armstrong's seven Tour de France titles in 2012 and a lifetime ban from cycling. Armstrong continued to claim he was innocent until he finally admitted to doping in a sit-down with Oprah Winfrey in January 2013. Two years later, he said he'ddo it all over again.

Tiger WoodsAfter crashing his SUV outside his home over Thanksgiving weekend 2009 — days after the National Enquirer reported an affair between Woods and Rachel Uchitel — Woods took the blame for the accident and denounced "unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me." But the damage was done, so to speak. Mistresses started coming out of the woodwork, forcing Woods to take a break from golf and slowly come clean about his "transgressions," culminating in a press conference on Feb. 19, 2010, during which he apologized and revealed he had been in a 45-day rehab program. "I thought I could get away with whatever I wanted to," he said. "I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me." He and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced that August.

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James FreyThe author's book, A Million Little Pieces, purportedly a memoir of about his drug addiction and recovery, topped the New York Times bestsellers list and was championed by Oprah Winfrey in her Book Club in 2005. The only problem: He made most of it up. Frey came clean about fabricating parts of the book in January 2006, including returning to Oprah's show to get his you-know-what handed to him. You don't put egg on O's face and get away with it.

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John EdwardsIn 2007, Edwards denied The National Enquirer's reports that he fathered a daughter with his mistress, Rielle Hunter, who was working on his presidential campaign. He confessed to the affair in August 2008, but insisted that the child was not his; his campaign aide Andrew Young claimed he was the father. A year later, Young recanted the paternity claim, and in January 2010, Edwards admitted to being the child's father. His wife, Elizabeth Edwards, divorced him shortly after and died after a long battle with breast cancer that December. In 2011, Edwards was indicted on six counts of misusing campaign funds to cover up his affair, but the charges were dropped in 2012. Edwards and Hunter dated until June 2012.

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SPECIAL NOTE: There is much speculation to the validity of The Sandy Hook CenTer- so much that I have been slandered/ liabeld in the press.  

We don't know what made Brooke lie.  All we know is that she did.  

As with anything worth while,, things take time and commitment.  Maybe Brooke questioned our authenticity.  I honestly don't see how- we have clearly been defined online for years.  Google John Rinaldi.  You can see all there is to know and then some.  

Or maybe she saw myself being bullied, and believed it.  Michael Levine of Morristown, NJ stole tens of thousands of dollars from me, and after I filed a police report and tried to have them returned, out of revenge he wrote malicious lies about myself and my non-profit.  All because he was in love with me and I did not want to be involved with a dude.  He bought me a Porsche Cayenne and I refused it because it was inappropriate..  Again, I don't see how anyone could believe these reviews- after all they were clarified within the actual site.  

Our being bullied remained online because we believe we were providing a valuable service.  (and we didn't believe people were actually 'that' stupid to believe them.   We wanted to be an example to show that even us adults are vulnerable to bullying.  We believe that we as adults can handle being bullied/harassed because we've learned  life skills that 'should' have made us resilient.  Our kids however have not lived enough to learn adversity nor the understanding.  Our children believe the bullying situation will define them forever and that the situation is hopeless.  As a result, suicide among children are at pandemic proportions.   

********************Bullying and SuicideThere is a strong link between bullying and suicide, as suggested by recent bullying-related suicides in the US and other countries. Parents, teachers, and students learn the dangers of bullying and help students who may be at risk of committing suicide.
In recent years, a series of bullying-related suicides in the US and across the globe have drawn attention to the connection between bullying and suicide. Though too many adults still see bullying as “just part of being a kid,” it is a serious problem that leads to many negative effects for victims, including suicide. Many people may not realize that there is also a link between being a bully and committing suicide.
The statistics on bullying and suicide are alarming:

• Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it.
• Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University
• A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying
• 10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study above
• According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying

Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyberbullying, and sexting, or circulating suggestive or nude photos or messages about a person.
Some schools or regions have more serious problems with bullying and suicide related to bullying. This may be due to an excessive problem with bullying at the school. It could also be related to the tendency of students who are exposed to suicide to consider suicide themselves.
Some of the warning signs of suicide can include:

• Showing signs of depression, like ongoing sadness, withdrawal from others, losing interest in favorite activities, or trouble sleeping or eating
• Talking about or showing an interest in death or dying
• Engaging in dangerous or harmful activities, including reckless behavior, substance abuse, or self injury
• Giving away favorite possessions and saying goodbye to people
• Saying or expressing that they can’t handle things anymore
• Making comments that things would be better without them

If a person is displaying these symptoms, talk to them about your concerns and get them help right away, such as from a counselor, doctor, or at the emergency room.
In some cases, it may not be obvious that a teen is thinking about suicide, such as when the suicide seems to be triggered by a particularly bad episode of bullying. In several cases where bullying victims killed themselves, bullies had told the teen that he or she should kill him or herself or that the world would be better without them. Others who hear these types of statements should be quick to stop them and explain to the victim that the bully is wrong.
Other ways to help people who may be considering suicide include:

• Take all talk or threats of suicide seriously. Don’t tell the person they are wrong or that they have a lot to live for. Instead, get them immediate medical help.
• Keep weapons and medications away from anyone who is at risk for suicide. Get these items out of the house or at least securely locked up.
• Parents should encourage their teens to talk about bullying that takes place. It may be embarrassing for kids to admit they are the victims of bullying, and most kids don’t want to admit they have been involved in bullying. Tell victims that it’s not their fault that they are being bullied and show them love and support. Get them professional help if the bullying is serious.
• It is a good idea for parents to insist on being included in their children’s friends on social networking sites so they can see if someone has posted mean messages about them online. Text messages may be more difficult to know about, so parents should try to keep open communications with their children about bullying.
• Parents who see a serious bullying problem should talk to school authorities about it, and perhaps arrange a meeting with the bully’s parents. More states are implementing laws against bullying, and recent lawsuits against schools and criminal charges against bullies show that there are legal avenues to take to deal with bullies. If school authorities don’t help with an ongoing bullying problem, local police or attorneys may be able to.

People who are thinking about suicide should talk to someone right away or go to an emergency room. They can also call a free suicide hotline, such as 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
Friends and relatives of suicide victims also need to find someone to talk to as they grieve, especially if they are suffering from depression or suicidal thoughts themselves.

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The SandyHook CenTer will honor the 26 lives taken on 12/14/12, and will support the immediate families and friends of the victims.  The SandyHook CenTer will also honor the love felt from around the world as the entire globe blanketed Newtown with love, kindness, and concern. 
Please stay tuned and watch us defy logic and do something that will serve as an example to all.

Thank You The Daily News for having journalistic integrity.  YOU TOLD THE TRUTH- not just our truth.  THE truth.  

EXCLUSIVE: Brooke Shields' accused stalker says she's lying  http://nydn.us/1ibznpu  

We understand how someone who had been a victim would be hyper-sensitive (a word her husband Chris Henchey referred to me of Brooke) and thus overly proactive- especially when there are children involved.  However, fear (False Evidence Appearing Real) should not be ever tolerated and is no reason to BULLY.   Nor should whom once was considered the 'Face of the 80's' and once often thought of as one of the most beautiful women of the world, be reduced to being a liar.  

She lied.  We don't know why.  Much like we don't know:

1. Brian Williamns

#BrookeLies

Mr. Bruce Goldner.  TY Sir.