May 9th, 2011

More parents lenient about young Web use: poll
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110509/wr_nm/us_socialmedia_attitudes_2
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Despite age restrictions on some social media sites, the number of U.S. parents who would allow children 10-12 years old to have a Facebook or MySpace account has doubled in a year, a new survey showed.
 

Man gets federal prison time for attempting to molest children
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/carroll-57361-children-old.html
A former Gastonia drug store manager was sentenced to a decade in federal prison for setting up a rendezvous in which he intended to molest two young boys.

Bullying incident erupts in violence: 14yo girl charged
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/bullying-incident-erupts-in-violence-14yo-girl-charged/2156423.aspx?src=rss
CHARGES are expected to laid against a group of high school girls, after a bullying incident erupted into an violent fight that was recorded on a mobile phone. The incident at Inverell has already resulted in a 14-year-old girl being arrested and charged by police in relation to the incident.

School bullying widely underreported
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/school-bullying-widely-underreported/1168558
It's been three years since Florida passed a groundbreaking law requiring schools to do a better job of identifying and reporting bullying. But the data collected so far indicate schools are falling short — and producing unreliable numbers.

Survey Shows Half of Minnesota Students Are Bullied or Have Bullied
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/Half-of-Minn.-Students-Bullied-or-Have-Bullied-may-9-2011
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota survey finds that there's more than a 50 percent chance a student in state schools has been involved in bullying, either by bullying others or being the victim of bullying.