Dateline NBC hit some key points about bullies and bystanders while skimming along the surface in "My Kid Would Never Bully." The show set up two pretty stereotypical scenarios (one involving boys in a gym and the other girls discussing fashion), hired two actors for each (one playing the bully and the other the victim), brought in 3-4 "real kids" who were the bystanders, and had parents and … [Read more...] about ‘The No-Blame Approach’ to defusing bullying
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Bullying-prevention summit at the White House
President and Mrs. Obama are holding a bullying prevention summit at the White House tomorrow (March 10), and you are invited. Here's their video invitation to watch live (links to the live stream tomorrow at the bottom of this post). The President's schedule in WhiteHouse.gov says that he and the First Lady will deliver opening remarks at 10:35 ET. The White House says it will have "live video … [Read more...] about Bullying-prevention summit at the White House
Great advice to schools on cyberbullying
I don't think research on this exists, but it looks like a lot of schools are still laboring under the misconception that they can't do anything about bullying among students that's "off-campus" because online. School administrators need to be freed of that misconception fast. Even if only one student is being targeted, "off-campus" aggression is substantially disruptive because it not only … [Read more...] about Great advice to schools on cyberbullying
Followup on ‘Understanding cyberbullying…’
The other day I wrote about the need to work on cyberbullying more from the inside-out, and my mention of social media researcher danah boyd's field work elicited a thoughtful email from a risk-prevention specialist whose work I follow closely, author and risk-prevention specialist Patricia Agatston in the Atlanta area. She wrote that danah's findings "get me thinking about Rudolph … [Read more...] about Followup on ‘Understanding cyberbullying…’
Understanding cyberbullying from the inside out
If you really want to understand cyberbullying, take advantage of a perspective that's essential to the discussion. View it from the inside-out – from teens' perspective, rather than that of adults on the outside looking in. "Friending" our kids online can help fill in the picture a bit, but talking with our own children and checking in on the work of researchers who talk with lots of other young … [Read more...] about Understanding cyberbullying from the inside out