'Bully' Highlights Need for Parent-School Cooperation
April 12, 2012 RSS Feed PrintThe fact that about 30 percent of school children are reportedly affected by bullying is much too real for Jackie Libby. Her 12-year-old son, Alex, lived a nightmare each day at school and on the bus, where he was regularly strangled, punched, stabbed with pencils, and verbally abused.
Viewers across the country will get an intimate look into the lives of Alex, and several other middle and high school students who are regularly harassed, when the documentary Bullypremieres on April 13.
Bully, which recently won a battle against an "R" rating from the Motion Picture Association of America, shows the devastation millions of kids and their families face each day. One quiet, honor roll student in the movie was tormented to