Remember Harold Kushner’s best-selling book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People? Sometimes those “people” are our children. It would be wonderful if we lived in a state of nirvana but, unfortunately, we have to function in the real world…
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…
Sears officially launched its Team Up to Stop Bullying campaign a few days ago. This is a comprehensive effort to not only address the problem but to offer solutions. The site is clever and offers resources for all key people:…
Remember Tricia? (Click on May Archive to the right for the full story.) Well, I heard from her mom…and guess what? Things are better at school. Both Tricia and her mom are in disbelief. It seems that how she said…or…
It would be time well spent to read this article which touches on a range of pertinent questions about bullying, prevention and response. But the readers’ comments on the NYT web health blog are mind blowing. It’s clear by the…
Stan Davis, author of Schools Where Everyone Belongs: Practical Strategies for Reducing Bullying stopbullyingnow kindly agreed to give his expert opinion on Tricia’s bullying situation. His book is extremely well researched; he actually works in a school, actually likes kids…
Flipping through the channels or reading the paper, the subject of bullying seems to be getting more and more attention. Even Oprah is tackling it. But when I started to research it for myself after watching Columbine unfold, I realized…