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Family First: Bullying in Schools
Atlanta, GA - Online bullying has gotten a lot of attention lately, but a new study by the U.S. Justice Department and the C-DC shows that the old fashioned kind of bullying hasn't gone away. According to the report, more than one in five of our children is physically bullied by other kids.
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