Bullying

The evolution of online safety: Lessons learned over 20 years

April 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

When I wrote the original version of Child Safety on the Information Highway (click here for 20th anniversary updated version), in 1994, “online safety” was [...]

Scuttle the “Bully Pulpit” Metaphor

December 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

Guest post by Warren Blumenfeld Dr. Warren Blumenfeld New words join while some words perish from all languages. Some words remain though altering or transforming their [...]

Preventing and recovering from bullying — what works and what doesn’t

November 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

Listen to kids if you want to understand bullying and what to do about i For the past several days I’ve taken a deep dive into the world of bullying and cyberbullying at [...]

Let’s not underestimate the impact of cyberbullying

October 14, 2013 // 0 Comments

New guide from ConnectSafely helps parents deal with cyberbullying For advice on how to deal with cyberbullying, check out ConnectSafely.org’s new free online booklet, [...]

Parents can help prevent cyberbullying

October 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Free booklet advises parents on how to deal with Cyberbullying While bullying has been around forever, there was no such thing as cyberbullying until about 20 years ago when [...]

Beware of the Internet Safety Industrial Complex

October 7, 2013 // 0 Comments

Is this the new parenting? Creative Commons image by Sevillana By Larry Magid I got a call recently from a woman who works for a company that makes an app designed to [...]

Author behind ‘Mean Girls’ focuses on ‘boy world’ (podcast)

October 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid This post first appeared on CNET News.com Author Rosalind Wiseman(Credit: Greg Powers and Audrey Crew Rosalind Wiseman is known for writing “Queen Bees [...]

Choosing the right anti-bullying program

August 29, 2013 // 0 Comments

Guest post by Hemanshu Nigam Opinions expressed in guest posts are those of the author and not necessarily SafeKids.com Hemanshu Nigam (Photo Credit: sspblue.com [...]

‘The Kids Are (mostly) All Right’ when it comes to privacy and bullying

August 23, 2013 // 0 Comments

“Telephone Hour” from Bye Bye Birdie, circa 1963 The question of “what’s the matter with kids today?” has probably been with us for [...]

Bullying and suicide: Let’s not jump to conclusions

August 16, 2013 // 0 Comments

Guest post by Justin W. Patchin Dr. Justin W. Patchin, Co-Director of the Cyberbullying Research Center Many are now familiar with the tragic case of Hannah Smith, the [...]

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