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<span class="node__submitted-date">Jul 30, 2013</span>
<span class="node__submitted-authors"> By: <a href="/blog/authors/ingrid-donato" hreflang="en">Ingrid Donato</a>, Chief, Mental Health Promotion Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-full-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>It's summertime! School's out and there is a good chance that your kids will be spending some time at summer camp.</p></div>
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<span class="node__submitted-date">May 14, 2013</span>
<span class="node__submitted-authors"> By: <a href="/blog/authors/catherine-bradshaw" hreflang="en">Catherine Bradshaw</a>, National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-full-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The issue of bullying is a growing concern in schools across the United States.</div>
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<span class="node__submitted-authors"> By: <a href="/blog/authors/ingrid-donato" hreflang="en">Ingrid Donato</a>, Chief, Mental Health Promotion Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-full-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>After a survey found that students didnt feel safe in their Pueblo, Colorado community, the Safe Haven for Pueblo Bullying Victims Project stepped in to mak</div>
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<span class="node__submitted-date">Jan 03, 2013</span>
<span class="node__submitted-authors"> By: <a href="/blog/authors/ingrid-donato" hreflang="en">Ingrid Donato</a>, Chief, Mental Health Promotion Branch, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-full-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Bullying among young children is not uncommon.</div>
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