1.   Experts acknowledge that teens are naturally more likely to tell a peer about a problem before telling an adult.

2.   He mentioned recent instances in Elmira, N.Y., and Hoyt, Kan., when students told adults of potential violent school outbursts.

3.   Like many of his earlier victims, Wiedman never told an adult.

4.   Of course, if the adult they tell about the firearm is clueless about how to safely handle it, we still have a problem.

5.   Teens especially may be reluctant to tell adults about strange students, and they may prefer just to ignore their creepier classmates.

6.   Tell an adult.

7.   The boy said he had told other adults about the assault after she continued to bother him during a summer school session.

8.   In at least one instance, he told an adult.