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Nov 17, 2011 | Patch.com

Red Rover, Red Rover, Let Bullies Come Over?

"Kids will be kids." ... "Words will never hurt you." But they might drive you to hurt yourself.

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Nov 17, 2011 | Chicago Chronicle

10-year-old's apparent suicide stuns small Illinois town

RIDGE FARM, Ill. - A line of cars rolled slowly past Ridge Farm Elementary School on Wednesday and into Crown Hill Cemetery for the burial of 10-year-old Ashlynn Conner.

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Tue Nov 15, 2011

WILL-TV Urbana

Student's Death Prompts Additional Counseling at GRF School District

The death of a 10-year old student has prompted the Georgetown-Ridge Farm School District to bring back some programs in addition to traditional counseling methods.

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Daily Mail

Death of Ashlynn Conner: Girl, 10, asked mom to be home-schooled the day before taking her own life

On the surface, 10-year-old Ashlynn Connor was a happy-go-lucky girl - a cheerleader and honour student at her school.

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Chicago Tribune

Family: Teasing pushed 10-year-old to suicide

The family of a 10-year-old Illinois girl found hanging in her closet believes teasing and bullying by classmates drove the little girl to kill herself.

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