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The evolution of playground equipment has been to this ever safer, less challenging, less interesting assemblies of equipment.

Bullying is killing our kids. Being different is killing our kids and the kids who are bullying are dying inside. We have to save our kids whether they are bullied or they are bullying. They are all in pain.

Bullying is a national epidemic.

I know how bad bullying can hurt. I was bullied when I was a kid.

If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.

The whole bullying issue has really struck a nerve with me. It affects so many different types of people at a vital time in their lives.

Bullies want to abuse you. Instead of allowing that, you can use them as your personal motivators. Power up and let the bully eat your dust.

Within childhood behaviors, there are known behaviors; there's teasing and there's name-calling, and different kinds of things happen as kids start to socialize. And then there's serious bullying, and then there's actual aggression and behavioral problems. But you can't put it all under the tent of bullying.

For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.

If we are to stop bullying in schools, we have to start with teachers and administrators. If we want to stop it, we have to stop it.