Over the decades, kids have seemed to find a place to have a good time that was all their own. Their own world. What we have now is a dilemma. Kids, I think, still need that space and for many…
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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…
John Halligan knows all too well what Phoebe Princes’ parents are going through tonight. Phoebe was a 15 year-old freshman at South Hadley High School in Western Massachusetts. Authorities believe she took her own life after being bullied off and…
No. Not always. Take for example, a recent trip I made to two seventh grade classes in a relatively small Catholic school. The mission was to conduct a survey on bullying. It was a set of 10 simple questions, including…
The horror in Haiti is unreal. The feeling of powerlessness is overwhelming. The compassion we feel for every one suffering is palpable. Compassion. At the very least, perhaps this is a teachable moment to pass along to our children. To…
Shawn Hornbeck’s message is directly aimed at the “bystander.” It’s ok to teach our kids and encourage each other as adults to step up. It doesn’t have to be in a “tie your superhero cloak on and fly in to…
When I couldn’t find any easy answers to the question, “What do parents and children do when the teacher is the bully?,” I turned to someone I really respect in the field. Stan Davis, author of “Schools Where Everyone Belongs:…
Highly Recommended Overall, I found Common Sense Media and iKeepSafe to be the most comprehensive and most helpful on all things including online, video, cell, movies and television. Common Sense Media iKeepSafe The Department of Health and Human Resources developed…
Who said Twitter was silly? I just found this great resource recently published by the Federal Trade Commission on Parenting and Online Safety through Twitter. If you’re a school, you can order these in bulk FOR FREE. Bravo FTC. The…
Anyone have advice on this one? It’s a common problem and a reason many kids don’t want to go to school. It’s a tough situation, though, because the teacher is in control and will often act differently with the parent…