The Role of the Parent in Early Childhood Bullying Prevention Bullying Behavior Starts Young The guiding rule of action should be to intervene too early rather than too late. – Dan Olweus, PhD, and founder of the Olweus Bullying Prevention…
][I wrote you a book… Superheroes Wear Mom Jeans: The Tangled Ball® Guide to Anti-Bullying for Parents of Young Children Why? Parents of young children hold so much positive power. Coincidentally, talk show host Trevor Noah was promoting his own…
March Madness is a great time of year for me. This past weekend, there was one upset after another. My favorite team, though, survived. The U of Wisc. Badgers are still in it. (Sorry Vanderbilt fans…and stay tuned on Thursday!)…
I was writing about this Beat Bullying You Tube video from the UK and then I heard about the shooting in Ohio. Can we fathom the pain that some kids are going through? It’s a terrible question, but for every…
This study, spearheaded by Karen Rudolph at the University of Illinois, is worth a read because knowing why certain kids have more difficulty in bullying situations may help us help them much more effectively. Although anyone in the bullying prevention…
Claire, the well-spoken teen who appears with author, expert and founder of Girls Leadership Institute, Rachel Simmons in this Tedx Women Talk, beautifully describes the irrational acts of exclusion and the fallout of real pain due to bullying in middle…
Gay teens — or teens and kids perceived as gay — get bullied often and brutally. It’s horrible and needs to stop. No doubt about it. But there’s another group of kids that can’t seem to escape it either. Ironically,…
Do you ever wonder if this is worth the effort? In the Northeast, it’s the end of the school year. Principals, teachers, counselors…and yes, parents…are exhausted. If you’ve been working or volunteering your time to help kids learn how to…
My husband and I call this the “Season of Clapping.” Between graduations and awards ceremonies, your hands start hurting. It can also be a season of gratitude and a good time to teach kids to be thankful for the people…
I love the midwest. I’ve lived in New York for 35 years but I’m still a midwesterner at heart…and the PACER Center, a national organization based in Minnesota, is just one more reason to love it. Who knew that one…
Susan S. Raisch is the founder of Tangled Ball, a service that develops bullying prevention and leadership tools, including this website devoted to providing resources for families and educators.
Before becoming a bullying prevention and leadership advocate, Susan was a public relations and public affairs consultant for more than 25 years, specializing in issues that affect the home, education, and health. She has worked on projects for a wide variety of television and publishing companies, including HBO, MTV, Sesame Workshop, Scholastic, and HISTORY, among many others. She also currently works with the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) in the WTC Health Program, which treats and monitors the health of the FDNY certified 9/11 first responders.
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