Suffern felt tears fill her eyes as she read her son’s letter asking Santa to help stop the bullying his overweight sister was experiencing at school. Reading the letter was tough for Suffern.

Free sessions aiming to prevent bullying have seen more than 400 children attend in about six weeks, organisers have said. Gym owner Troy Baker, from Sunderland, started running the weekly classes ...

Anti-bullying laws may be working for high schoolers, and reports of bullying and cyberbullying are down, according to two recent studies. But a significant number of students -- about 22 percent ...