CT teens develop bullying app to protect peers NEW HAVEN, Conn.
(WHDH) -- A group of Connecticut teens has developed an app to
protect their peers. The app is called ‘Back off Bully’ or
‘BOB’. They hope it will change the way schools respond to the
issue across the state. Statistics show one in four Connecticut
kids suffers the horrors of bullying. “Students are bullied and
they don't know how or where to go to get help,” said Christina
Puglisi, a BOB developer. The brainchild of 14 teens in a New
Haven design class may become standard operating procedure at
schools across the state. The web app is an anonymous resource.
When kids witness or are the victim of bullying they can use
their computer, smart phone, or iPad to report the incident. The
app will ask questions about where and when the bullying is
happening. All of the reported information is put in a data base
so administrators can study it for common threads, intervene and
break the bully's pattern. “It’s not something adults are
telling them somethin