Sticks and Stones

Emily Bazelon’s new book, ““Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy”, is an important read for parents, educators, law students, and journalists. In the book, Bazelon describes her own recollections of being bullied as well as recounting some now famous cases of cyber bullying and events leading up to horrific incidents like the Columbine shootings. Bazelon, a lawyer and author, offers advice, arguments, and opinions in order to have her readers rethink bullying and its consequences to both the person or group being bullied as well as the bullies and the bystanders. Read the entire article here: Words That Hurt and Kill: Lessons for Society From Bullying and Its Psychic Toll

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