Bullying hasn’t really changed over the years. What’s changing is how schools deal with it. Or at least, how they’re trying to. For a long time, everything depended on traditional reporting. A student talks to a teacher. The teacher notes it down somewhere. Maybe action is taken, maybe it takes time. Sometimes it works fine. Sometimes things slip through. More often than schools like to admit. Now there’s a shift. Schools are exploring tools like an anti bullying app or a bullying reporting app to strengthen Antibullying Prevention. So the question is not just what exists. It’s what actually works when things get real. How Traditional Reporting Really Plays Out? On paper, it sounds simple. A student faces bullying. They ...
Why Schools Must Be Proactive and Not Reactive Bullying affects students of all backgrounds, but research and lived experience continue to show that students who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community are disproportionately impacted. For schools, this is not about ideology or labels—it is about student safety, well-being, and the responsibility to create learning environments where all students can succeed. At BRIM (Bullying, Reporting, Intervention, and Monitoring), we believe that prevention begins with awareness, training, and clear systems of support, not assumptions or silence. Understanding the Reality in Schools Students who identify as LGBTQIA+ often report: Higher rates of verbal harassment Increased social exclusion Cyberbullying that follows them beyond school walls Reluctance to report incidents due to fear of ...
It is the month of July, year 2025 and BRIM Anti-Bullying Software is still here standing strong and supporting schools and students in 11 countries and three languages. Looking back over the last 13 plus years we have seen many “competitors” come and go. We receive multiple buyout inquiries from Private Equity tech firms every month but we will never sell out and compromise our product, service or customers. We would like to thank everyone that has been a partner in the effort to end bullying and we appreciate all of our clients. We look forward to helping even more schools and students going forward and we will continue to strive to be the absolute best in the anti-bullying space.
High school, often depicted as a time of discovery and growth, is also a landscape rife with social dynamics and hierarchies. One of the most prominent aspects of high school culture is the formation of cliques—exclusive groups that often dictate social interactions and identities. While cliques may seem innocuous on the surface, the mental effects they can have on individuals within and outside these groups are profound and far-reaching. Let’s delve into the complexities of high school cliques and their impact on mental well-being. At their core, cliques are social structures that serve to create a sense of belonging and identity for their members. Whether based on shared interests, hobbies, or perceived social status, cliques provide a sense of camaraderie ...
For children of military personnel, life often involves a unique set of challenges and transitions. From frequent moves to deployments and separations, military families navigate a dynamic and often unpredictable lifestyle that can have profound effects on children’s well-being, particularly when it comes to the stability of their relationships. Let’s explore the impacts of relationship stability on children of military families and the strategies for supporting their emotional resilience in the face of adversity. Relationship stability plays a critical role in shaping children’s emotional development and sense of security. For children of military personnel, the transient nature of military life can disrupt the continuity of relationships, whether with parents, siblings, extended family, or peers. Frequent relocations and separations due to ...
High school locker room bullying has been a “tradition” for many, many years and is usually referred to as hazing which has also led to many tragedies on college campuses across the country in the fraternity and sorority systems. Whether bullying or hazing takes place in high school or at college it is totally unacceptable and has ruined many lives. According to one recent study three in five students in college experience some form of hazing and an alarming forty seven percent of students in high school sports experience bullying before entering college. Student athletes who receive hazing often suffer physical injuries hampering their ability to perform. These incidents are often mentally and emotionally harmful as well. The challenge goes ...
As we head into 2023 here are some thoughts- There is a trend right now in American schools where administrators are buying and installing extremely expensive alarm systems in an attempt to curtail active school violence events. That is merely a reaction to a festering issue that should be addressed first, bullying. Administrators should be proactive so that acts of violence can be reduced or even stopped before tragedies occur on campus. Being proactive is the best way to stop the violence from within. Alarms systems have merit when outsiders enter a campus however the majority of school violence comes from bullied students on campus that did not get the help they needed. Bullied students become chronically absent students that ...
Anyone that knows me well knows that I only bet on a sure thing. Not terribly long ago I was speaking with a high school Principal with an enrollment of just over 800. She assured me in every phone call and email that her school was virtually bully free and that student harassment was not an issue on her campus. I asked how many bullying incidents were being reported each month and she laughed and said they had fewer than 10 reports the entire school year. Finally, after several weeks, I was able to convince the Principal to move forward and they became BRIM Anti-Bullying members. To get the Principal to move forward I said I would bet her that ...
As school shooting tragedies continue to escalate, we have seen an uptick in inquiries for BRIM Anti-Bullying Software. These inquiries open conversational opportunities with school administrators who share their anti-bullying shopping experiences with us at BRIM which are both encouraging and frightening at the same time. Several of our “competitors” in the space are new companies that have been in business for less than a year. Their products are little more than glorified spreadsheets that do not allow for anonymous reporting or the uploading of photo / video evidence of bullying incidents. This inspired us to look back at the top 10 anti-bully software companies from our survey from 5 years ago. In just 5 short years there are only ...
We live in a very litigious society in this day and age, and a very expensive one. The national average charge per hour for an attorney is $275. Good representation can be much more expensive in some areas with charges well over $500 per hour. Protracted lawsuits can take many months and sometimes years to complete all while incurring huge financial and emotional costs. It’s always best not to have a lawsuit to begin with…… Unless there’s a “paper trail” showing what action your school has taken in response to a bullying incident, it’s as if your school didn’t take any action at all. BRIM changes this. When you report an incident in BRIM, you can also report exactly what ...
