Last week, Rick Mercer posted a “Rick’s Rant” called “Make It Better Now,” regarding the recent string of suicides due to bullying. Take a moment to watch the clip. He sends a powerful message that “it’s no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it’s going to get better. …
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The only solution to bullying is prevention. Yes, we must respond to the crises and the Columbines, but there will never be enough laws, enough school suspensions, or enough jails if we are always trying to “clean up” the problem after it’s reached crisis mode. With every crisis, we are receiving the (ignored) message that …
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October is National Bullying Awareness Month in the United States. Show your support! Anyone can put a stop to bullying. A perfect example of this is Dylan Beckham, a nine-year-old in Bowling Green, KY, who stood by an autistic classmate and insisted that the bullying stop. His insistence of “No Bullying Here” spread through his …
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I’m delighted to introduce my new book on children’s bullying, “Bullying Epidemic: Not Just Child’s Play“. It’s a no-excuses look at the escalating problem of kids’ bullying, the unconscious but dangerous enabling role played by well-meaning adults, and what adults and kids can do about it – starting today. Drawn from real-life stories in the …
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How do parents help kids deal with bullying, without helicoptering? I’ve seen several recent articles, written by both parents and researchers, suggesting that the silver lining to parental non-involvement in kids’ bullying is that kids (1) learn to work problems out for themselves and (2) accept the life lesson that not everyone’s going to be your …
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