Teen uses tweets to compliment his classmates A simple concept with a powerful result, especially since it’s teenage boys who are sticking up for others online. Courage comes in all ways. Sometimes it takes guts to be nice. It’s the…
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How many can relate to the mom from St. Petersburg, Florida who was arrested last week for choking her daughter’s online tormentor? From the NY Daily News Report: “I just snapped,” Piscitella wrote on Facebook. “Yes I shouldn’t have done…
Time Magazine’s blog points out a disturbing trend. Young girls reaching out online trying to get reassurance. That spells disaster for a few reasons, including: • Girls who post videos like this are already feeling unsure of themselves and are…
I read about the recent findings from the Pew Research Center study on Cyberbullying and Internet safety — Teens, Kindness & Cruelty on Social Network Sites — but before I could write about it myself, I discovered this article and…
Brooks Gibbs spends his time talking directly to teens about love, kindness, and compassion. Yep. Even though Brooks is a young guy, he dares to go there. The “there” is the old-fashioned notion that everyone should be respected, anger is…
Raise your hand if you think 13 is too young for Facebook. Under 13? Actually, if you let your child create a Facebook page under the age of 13, you are allowing them to lie on the form. Isn’t that…
Sexting. I can’t get my head around it. Why would kids do that? How do we handle it as a parent? When our babies were born, we didn’t look into their sweet little eyes and imagine that they would share…
Check out this Dear Deidre column. A sixteen year-old boy writes in to ask the advice columnist for The Sun (a British paper), if he should stand up for his friend who is being badly bullied. Her advice, in a…