bullying

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 [...]

It’s Time for Adults to Stop Bullying Kids and Each Other

March 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid We hear a lot about kids bullying* other kids and it is indeed a problem. But what about adults bullying other adults, or adults bullying kids? True, [...]

Researchers dispel myths about cyberbullying

November 16, 2012 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News Michele Ybarra A lot has been written about cyberbullying and I’ve seen some articles claiming that [...]

October is ‘Bullying Awareness Month’ But When is ‘Most Kids Don’t Bully Month’?

October 8, 2012 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid October is National Bullying Awareness Month and that’s mostly a good thing because it reminds us that bullying can be hurtful and can be prevented. [...]

Facebook’s Arturo Bejar Builds Tools to Encourage Compassion

July 17, 2012 // 0 Comments

Facebook engineer Arturo Bejar (Photo by Jordi Bejar) (This post is adapted from Larry’s Daily News column of July 18, 2012) by Larry Magid Like other engineers at [...]

Adults show kids how to bully

November 22, 2011 // 0 Comments

There has been a great deal written and said lately about bullying among children and teens. Some claim there’s an epidemic of bullying. As it turns out, there is no [...]

Social norms research: Exaggerating bullying could increase bullying

October 25, 2011 // 0 Comments

by Larry Magid As I previously wrote, cyberbullying is a serious problem, but not an epidemic. Yet, there continue to be widespread reports that bullying has reached [...]

Cyberbullying: a serious problem, but not an epidemic

September 13, 2011 // 0 Comments

This is an updated version of post that first appeared on SafeKids.com in 2009. by Larry Magid I’m glad that media outlets and public officials are shining a light on [...]

When schools can discipline off-campus behavior

February 25, 2010 // 2 Comments

by Larry Magid This article first appeared in the Summer 2009 issue of Threshold magazine There was a time when to misbehave in school you had to be in school. These days [...]

Cyberbullying: a serious problem, but not an epidemic

July 14, 2009 // 19 Comments

by Larry Magid The first things you need to know about cyberbullying are that it’s not an epidemic and it’s not killing our children. Yes, it’s probably one [...]

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