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Is Your Child Being Bullied in School?

By | May 21st, 2018

When kids reach school-age, one of the biggest challenges parents have to face is to know what they go through while in school. It can be nerve-wracking to worry about their lives around other people and their susceptibility to unfortunate encounters such as bullying. Statistics show that 28% of young individuals from grade six through 12 have been a victim of bullying. State laws differ in the definition of bullying, but mental health practitioners define bullying as physical or verbal aggression that is done repeatedly over a period.

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The School’s Responsibilities to Children

By | April 7th, 2018

The school is supposed to be the second home for your children. You send your child to school because they need to learn things that will help them grow up to be knowledgeable adults; but aside from this, you willingly send them because you believe your child will be safe and taken care of when they get there. You think that the experienced personnel and staff of the school will be able to do more than teach your child, they will also be able to keep them safe.

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Bullying and Your Role as a Parent

By | February 15th, 2018

The terms “bully” and “bullying” have been getting more attention recently, but do we know what the words “bully” and “bullying” really mean? Bullying is different from normal teasing and/or disagreement between children. According to the American Psychological Association, bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions. The bullied individual typically has trouble defending him or herself and does nothing to “cause” the bullying..

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Special Relationships & Liabilities of School District and Its Students

By | March 7th, 2013

QUESTION: Is the school liable for my son’s injury during a wrestling practice at his school? My son’s opponent made an illegal move (pile drive), and sent my son head first to the floor. My son sustained a spinal injury and he has not been the same since. ANSWER: There is a special relationship between a school district or its employees and students that imposes an affirmative duty on the district/employees to take reasonable steps to protect students from reasonably foreseeable risks of harm [C.A. v. William S. Hart Union.

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