ONE Day
P.S. 22 hits it out of the park again. This time with Matisyahu’s One Day: sometimes I layunder the moonand thank God I’m breathingthen I praydon’t take me sooncause I am here for a reasonsometimes in my tears I drownbut I never let it get me downso when negativity surroundsI know some day it’ll all […]
Preparing for the 2010-2011 School Year
My husband would be horrified if he knew I even uttered “preparing for the new school year” in July. He’s been out of school for quite a while now but he still goes pale when he sees those “Back to School” signs. Seriously, he almost gets sick. In some parts of the country, there’s plenty […]
Jessi Slaughter: So Many Things Wrong With This Picture
This is so disturbing but let’s look at it one string at a time: No. 1: “Jessi” is too young to be on this site. No. 2: “Jessi” has no judgment about how to communicate online. Again, she’s too young (but I have to say that I know some 11 year olds who have better […]
The Emotional Gymnastics of Bullying: Sometimes It Just Takes ONE To Help
Bullies throw you off your game. They make sure they say something to you to bring you down a notch and then couple that with leaving you out of things. Or the best trick: no eye contact! Then repeat, and repeat, and repeat until the soul gets sucked out. It’s hard enough on adults but […]
More About Phoebe Prince
This article in Slate about Phoebe Prince and the events leading up to her suicide is an important read. It focuses less on bullying and more on the fact that, according to this piece, she was troubled. She was involved in a lot more stuff than what you want a fifteen year-old to be doing, […]
Dear Mr. President, Please Make Susie Stop Calling Me Names
After Ziainey Stokes was being bullied in one school, she moved to another. It didn’t help. She was still picked on. One of the first pieces of expert advice to bullied kids is to “tell an adult.” Ziainey was really sick of being harrassed so she did just that. The adult was President Obama. It […]
Top Ten Reasons Why Contracts Work
As adults we tend to think in terms of our kids’ offline and online lives as two separate things but in reality it’s all one life to them. Hopefully we have the expectation that when our kids go to see their grandparents, or they’re in school or at their friend’s house, that they will behave, […]
Parents Who Admit Their Kids Are Bullies Are Heroes, Too
Did you ever go to a school reunion and were shocked at how some kids turned out? Or shocked that they turned out just the way you thought? Here’s a theory: When kids who bullied in school are eventually stopped by a caring and wise adult, they seem to grow up just fine. When kids […]
Michael Angelakos of Passion Pit is an Upstander
Experts agree that the role of the “bystander” is key in blunting the affects of bullying. The Center for Social and Emotional Education thought that the role of bystander is so important that perhaps it should be renamed to reflect that action is required. So bystander became “upstander,” which says so much more. You could […]
Alex from The Bully Project: “Some Kids Get Enjoyment from Seeing Other Kids Hurt.”
If you saw Alex Perry in the school hallway, you might not guess that this is what she was thinking. There are many kids like Alex in schools. We just have to see them, step up and not let other “kids get enjoyment from seeing other kids hurt.” It doesn’t matter whether it’s a teacher, […]
