Category Archives: Advice for Organizations

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Students receive settlement over religious harassment and bullying

Several students who were bullying and shamed because of their Jewish religon will share a large settlement from the school district.  But…does this take the pain or the lost time away?  To read more… Click here

40 Years of Research on Bullying

A special issue of American Psychologist® provides a comprehensive review of over 40 years of research on bullying among school age youth, documenting the current understanding of the complexity of the issue and suggesting directions for future research…<click here>

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Teach your kids how to be kind…here are some tips

We all need to practice the art of kindness-practice makes perfect!  And when we model kindness to our children, we create a habit for them that will be life long.  When kindness is the default behavior, we can and will change the world.  For hints to help  <click here>

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VALENTINE ROAD…something to think about

This article and video are powerful in how they show what can happen with bullying.  When one is different, when one does not know how to handle the different’s of others, and how the lack of understanding, acceptance, and compassion can create huge tragedy.  We are putting the link to view the video-which is powerful, educational, well done, and tragic  and an article.  Please share with students, your children, friends, etc.  This did not need to happen and because it did, we need to make sure that some positive comes from it.  For more…<click here>  for the video…<click here>

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We are seeing new acts of bullying in many places and in many shapes

We need to start looking at how “bullying” is hidden by the use of words such as “hazing”, “initiation “, “rites of passage”, etc.  We need to empower organizations to star new practices of initiating new members, oversee how “newbies” are treated, and instill more respect and kindness.  See what can happen when there are not restraints...<Read here>

October is end bullying month!

October is set aside to end bullying.  This attention needs to be maximized so we can get some work done.  I am adding some resources here for all to use and share with others.  Let’s make this happen!…<read more>  and even more…<click here>  

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Domestic Violence and Bullying

I have a lot of years working in the field of domestic violence and I strongly believe that there is a connection between bullying and domestic violence.  Kids who are exposed to domestic violence often become victims of bullying, or become bullying.  In addition, they tend to carry this tradition into the future creating generational bullying and domestic violence victims as well as perpetrators.  For more information <click here>