It's fitting that the last day of a bullying prevention conference focusing on empathy, kindness and resilience happened to be Election Day 2016. Whether or not they were thinking about it, some 750 educators, students, researchers and practitioners together capped off possibly the most divisive, indecent, relationally challenged presidential election season in our history by modeling and … [Read more...] about IBPA 2016: Focus on the positive
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Youth cybersecurity concerns & what will reduce them: Research
This being National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we might ask how secure young people are feeling online. According to two just-released studies, not so much. But there's some light in there, so stay with me. A Microsoft survey of 13-17 year-olds in 14 countries found that 43% had experienced unwelcome contact at some point. The study also surveyed adults and found that 58% of young people … [Read more...] about Youth cybersecurity concerns & what will reduce them: Research
Online harassment 2016: Fresh data
I get a lot of press releases in my email in-box. This one about harassment in social media truly surprised me because it was balanced, cited data responsibly, did not appeal to people's fears and represented clear understanding of today's media environment. The survey of Americans 18+ – a project of Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.com and craigconnects.org, and social impact consultants … [Read more...] about Online harassment 2016: Fresh data
Transformational – not just transactional – Net safety & citizenship needed
A couple of years ago I listened to a heart-rending interview on NPR with Joe Ehrmann, former NFL football player and founder of Coach for America. I'd been the mother of a hockey player for more than a decade and was moved by Ehrmann's call for transformational rather than transactional coaching. Like many parents, I found myself wishing there'd been more of that in our family's experience. But … [Read more...] about Transformational – not just transactional – Net safety & citizenship needed
TEDxGeneva talk references
Here are the research milestones I referred to in my May 2016 TEDx Talk at UN ITU's World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva, Switzerland: “One in Three: Internet Governance and Children’s Rights,” by Sonia Livingstone, John Carr and Jasmina Byrne in a November 2015 paper for the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) “Defining and measuring youth digital … [Read more...] about TEDxGeneva talk references