A Mom’s Heart-Breaking Question
I feel so much pain for what he must have been feeling and had no one to help him through. I’d have fought the world to the death had I known…why didn’t he come to me? Why couldn’t I see it? – Kris M. Huntley, mom of 12-year old Kyler These are the tragic, heart-wrenching words […]
#Bullying Prevention and Why You’re a Superhero
Why You’re a Superhero Fact: Like a human x-ray machine, you can read your child’s mind and see their heart. You’ve memorized every feature of their face. You are the expert in how they’re feeling and behaving. You know when there are cracks in their heart or when they’re not acting like themselves. You know […]
What Can We Do About #Cyberbullying? #ClickwithCompassion
This is National Bullying Prevention Month. I’m sorry it needs its own month but it’s such a big issue that we need to address it during October and every month after. Kids mental and emotional — and sadly — physical lives are at stake. Bullying is messy and complicated — a tangled ball — and […]
Bullying Prevention Month: 4 Things Parents of Young Children Should Do
October is Bullying Prevention Month. It deserves its own month because the terrible effects of peer mistreatment cannot be ignored, especially when you add cyberbullying to the mix. Bullying prevention efforts are most often geared towards middle and high schools and there’s a good reason for that. Bullying behavior peaks in the middle school years. But […]
Parenting
Remember the character Helen Parr – Elastigirl — in the animated Disney Pixar movie, The Incredibles? The moms are always pulled in a million different directions, so I made her stretch like taffy.—Brad Bird, writer and director That is one of the most perfect and succinct descriptions of motherhood I’ve ever heard. And even on […]
3 Ways Parents Can Step In
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 Program Although bullying prevention efforts tend to focus on middle schools and high schools, bullying […]
3 Good Reasons for Building a Bond with Your Child’s School
When my oldest began First Grade, a neighbor of mine who had children slightly older than mine, gave me this advice: “If you’re not going to volunteer in the school, don’t complain in the schoolyard.” I felt it was a bit harsh at the time, but in hindsight, it was invaluable. There are so many […]
Why Raising Upstanders Gets an A+
School climate promotes — or complicates — a student’s ability to learn and achieve academically. This is common sense. To the extent that students feel safe, cared for, appropriately supported and lovingly “pushed” to learn, academic achievement should increase. This is, in fact, what a series of studies from the United States and abroad has […]
Superheroes Wear Mom Jeans
][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 book on The View this week and said, “Moms are just like ― I don’t […]
