She lives with both her mom and dad, and little sister Sydney. ... Little did Lara know that Christian DeWitt was her former best friend, Bree Connors and her mother. ... Lara obsessed over it and started picking out dresses so Bree started getting a little harsh. ... Bree's little brother, Liam was friends, well a little more than friends with Sydney and they had to keep it a secret because of what was happening. ... This caused problems for Sydney and Liam because little could they even be friends when they liked each other as well, so everything between had to be kept a secret. ...

• Word Count: 2400
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Courtney says, "At first I was a little skeptical about dating someone with a two year age difference but I couldn't help my physical attraction towards her, how she was self-dependent, popular, and continuously showed her growing love and affection towards me"." ... After that, Courtney says, "I started becoming more aware of all the little things she used to do in the past." " Finally, one day Courtney decided to break up with her girlfriend realizing that her relationship was making her afraid, isolated from close friends, and began affecting her emotionally. ... The consequences of ...

• Word Count: 1394
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This includes one being "made fun of," not included in a particular activity, not having friends or acquaintances, not "fitting in," etc. ... They are afraid to loose their friends if they even speak to the less fortunate. When the less fortunate have no friends and everyone around them looks down on them, it causes them to have hatred. ... It can be a bunch of little things that add up inside someone. ... Even if it is just a small amount of time on the weekend, every little bit helps. ...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The little and the weak have always been tormented, put down, and belittled by the bigger and the stronger. ... The most occurrence form of bullying that I saw came from when one person took a joke a little too far. ... Once she and her friends had talked to him awhile, they invited him out to eat. ... Once he had left, she grab the young man with autism, and took him back to her friends, and they left the restaurant. ... I firmly believe that because she helped that young man out that night, he has gained a little more hope in himself and feels a little more sense of belonging. ...

• Word Count: 1993
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Brocklehurst says this to her friends, and teachers, to make Jane appear to be an evil "little heathen-. ... He says, " this girl, this child, the native of a Christian land, worse than many a little heathen who says its prayers to Brahma and kneels before Juggernaut- this girl is- a liar!... He says "Miss Eyre, draw your chair still a little further forward: you are yet too far back; I cannot see you without disturbing my position in this comfortable chair, which I have no mind to do."" (132). ... He says to her, "It is as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a...

• Word Count: 1400
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Karen Brennan's short story "Runaways," we observe how physical abuse and infidelity leads to a family's separation and the resulting destructive impact on family and friends. ... "It dreams that someone comes, some giant god with a giant hand, a hand so big that the mussel can't tell it's a hand, and it picks up the mussel and his little shell and pries it open. ... One must understand that the decisions they make will not only affect them, but also directly affect their children and family friends. ...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I didn't like going shopping or buying new clothes like some of my friends. ... I just felt like I wasn't as skinny as my friends or my older sister; and being made fun of for that by my family just made me feel even worse about myself. ... I loved the friends I was hanging out with and I remember feeling that I finally belonged. ... One thing I think needed to be looked at a little deeper was the family aspect. ...

• Word Count: 1803
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is imperative that the victims find immediate safety and support, but many of them have no family or friends that they can turn to for assistance. ... Many survivors of domestic violence have very little money, and they find their financial security destroyed. ...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sometimes husbands cut off their wives from any form of financial assistance and they also cut off their wives' channels of communication with their friends or family members because they want to control them fully. ... Sibling incest has also become more common than parent- child incest, an indication that very little is being done about it. ...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Children in this case are very fragile, they look to their parents for love and advice and when that love seems little in amount or their advice, council and support is given in a negative approach they are being abused. ... Often, there is not any family or friends to help out and parents who are young and immature often do not understand their child's behavior, leading them to become confused, stressed and angry, ultimately taking out their frustrations on their child. ...

• Word Count: 1933
• Approx Pages: 8

However, there are more than a few prevention methods that have been discovered through the years that parents, teachers, friends, and bystanders can use to help stop and eliminate cyberbullying. ... Females are less aggressive in face-to-face communication, thus cyberbullying allows them to be as aggressive as they want with little or no consequences. ...

• Word Count: 1929
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Because of this abuse of power,Marney sees little of herself as she is oppressed to think that he needs Bob to live. ... Her exhaustive description of the things kept her occupied shows that Marney has such a positive attitude that despite having to live with her abusive husband, she is able to make the best of what she has, the newspaper, and brief company with her friends, when Bob is away. ...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8

However, there are more than a few prevention methods that have been discovered through the years that parents, teachers, friends, and bystanders can use to help stop and eliminate cyberbullying. ... Females are less aggressive in face-to-face communication, thus cyberbullying allows them to be as aggressive as they want with little or no consequences. ...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although a wide range of programs and policies from government is necessary, support and contributions from other areas are also required, including volunteer and charitable organizations, businesses, faith groups and family and friends. ... To begin, offer a little small talk about his or her favorite games, subjects in school, and foods (building a rapport and initiating engagement). ...

• Word Count: 2097
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

So Judy did escape the abuse but also had to change her typical lifestyle from little things like changing where she shopped for groceries to not going to educational conferences because Karl would be there. ... Her family and friends felt she found the perfect husband and had the perfect family. ...

• Word Count: 2266
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School