Children’s Rights

[profileleft][/profileleft]Experts have thought for years that there are certain types of bullying that are more common among girls and other types of bullying that are more common among boys.  For instance, relational bullying has always been associated with girls.  Boys have always been more direct in their bullying of each other based on general knowledge. 

[profileleft][/profileleft]As we’ve discussed recently, October is National Bullying Prevention Month.  We’re going to continue to focus on this serious problem by bringing as much awareness to it as possible.  Wallethub.com recently released a report that ranks states in terms of their bullying problems.  The report contains several interesting and troubling pieces of information.  The more

[profileleft][/profileleft]Gomez Trial Attorneys has been championing children’s rights for some time now.  Our children’s rights lawyers fight relentlessly on behalf of young people who cannot necessarily fight for themselves. One of the most common types of cases that we handle involves bullying. Bullying is an extremely troubling phenomenon that has garnered a lot of attention

[profileleft][/profileleft]In the world of social media, Facebook is a behemoth.  It has dominated the social media world for several years.  Today, there are more than 1.7 billion active Facebook users.  This total is more than many other social media Web sites combined.  Simply put, Facebook influences the lives of people who use it regularly.  While

[profileleft][/profileleft]Child abuse is a horrifying topic to even think about for most people.  As difficult as it is to ponder, those who have not endured child abuse cannot even imagine what it must be like to actually live through it.  When a child is being mistreated, people who suspect that this is happening feel an

[profileleft][/profileleft]Most adults remember getting a “bump on the noggin” or having our “bell rung” in some way as children.  Adults told us that this was just part of growing up.  Fortunately, we have come to learn much more about the brain in recent years.  We have learned that every type of trauma inflicted on the

[profileleft][/profileleft]In recent years, we have learned a lot about child abuse survivors.  One of those lessons is that survivors of abuse tend to pay a price as adults.  Child abuse survivors can face particular struggles with regards to mental health.  According to a recent study, female child abuse survivors could face a greater risk than

[profileleft][/profileleft]Adolescent years are difficult for everyone.  For some, this time in life is much harder than it is for others.  That’s because some young people are subjected to bullying.  We have learned a lot about bullying in recent years.  We used to think that it was just a ‘normal’ part of growing up and not