Tackling Lunchtime Bullying.

• Position: TECHNOLOGY - Sit with Us app - Brief article

Natalie Hampton was looking forward to making new friends as she started seventh grade at an all-girls school in Los Angeles. But it quickly became obvious that she didn't fit in--and she soon became the victim of relentiess bullying. Whenever she tried to join a cafeteria table, she was told to leave. "If I'd had one person to sit with at lunch, it really would have made a difference," she says. Luckily, things improved once she got to high school--and when she was 15, Hampton created Sit With Us, a free app that encourages teens to branch out during their midday meal so others won't go through the same ordeal she did. Students can invite classmates...