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Defeat The Label provides information from various government agencies and blogs on bullying, cyberbullying, prevention and response. Every school year is a great opportunity for schools, parents, and students to make improvements on bullying prevention efforts. Anti-bullying articles and resources about bullying prevention can be found below.

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31 Days of Kindness

December 1, 2016

It's the time of the year where all start feeling the stresses of the season no matter what holiday we celebrate. There are school...

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6 Questions to Ask Your Child

November 14, 2016

Are you afraid your child is being bullied and you don't know how to ask? Are you starting to question the answer of "fine" every...

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Strike Out Bullying!

July 19, 2016

Have you ever wondered what would happen if a MLB team partnered with a nonprofit to take a good hard look at bullying? The...

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Stand4Change 2016 Breaks Records!

June 27, 2016

With Stand4Change Day 2016 and our 2015-2016 Upstander and In Your School programs in the books, we wanted to share some exciting numbers with...

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“Not the Hippopotamus” by Sandra Boynton: A Story of Exclusion

April 9, 2016

We spend a lot of our time at Defeat the Label talking with students through our Upstander and In Your School programs. These programs...

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Bullying vs. Teasing

April 1, 2016

This time of year we are often asked by the schools to come and speak to their students about the difference between teasing and...

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Peer Harassment and Bullying

March 3, 2016

Here are just some examples of what peer pressure relating to bullying behaviors can look like: Trash talking or putting someone down Making it...

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Is Exclusion a Form of Bullying?

March 3, 2016

Social Exclusion in schools is increasingly being recognized as bullying. As a form bullying, social exclusion is when a child feels alone or left...