Have you ever been punched, tripped, kicked, shoved or had a rumor spread about you?” filmmaker JC Pohl asked students at Escondido's Bear Valley Middle School at a special assembly last week. About 350 seventh-graders in were the room, and they all stood up. “Now, if you have ever done that to anyone else, sit down,” Pohl said. Five students remained standing. In three years of taking his Teen Truth Live assemblies on bullying to about 350 schools in 20 states, Pohl said that 99 percent of the 400,000 students ...

Hi TEEN TRUTH. My name is Shayna and I am 15 years old living in Toronto. I have been bullied since I started high school. Because of it i have been skipping a lot and my marks have dropped. nobody ever steps in to help when i'm getting picked on by the popular kids. i have seen them picking on younger students and i have confronted the bullies so they pick on me even more. but i would Rather they continue to bully me. i can handle it. I don't need other students feeling the way i do everyday when i walk ...

On November 10, 2009, the Stockton-based Kristen Watt Foundation for Eating Disorder Awareness will host a special screening of the newest film by Stockon-native filmmaker, Erahm Christopher: TEEN TRUTH: AN INSIDE LOOK AT BODY IMAGE. This free public event for educators, students, parents, and counselors will feature the film screening followed by a panel discussion with body image experts. TEEN TRUTH: AN INSIDE LOOK AT BODY IMAGE, the third film in the acclaimed, award-winning series, chronicles the real struggles of three teenagers with body image issues, including eating disorders, compulsive overeating, obesity, and performance enhancement drug use. The film, shot with ...