by Michele Borba | Sep 10, 2014 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Mom and Dad, wake up: If you assume your child is using that fancy home computer or smartphone to stimulate his brain or connect with friends, think again. Sadly too many kids are using their keyboards to send vile, hateful and highly slanderous messages about their...
by Michele Borba | Sep 8, 2014 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Peer cruelty is a problem and appears to be starting earlier. Though survey results do vary, by some estimates, one in seven American schoolchildren is either a bully or a victim. And the cruel behavior increases with age. A recent study prepared for the American...
by Michele Borba | Mar 19, 2014 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, Character and Moral Intelligence, Uncategorized
REALITY CHECK: A meta-analysis of over 600 studies on bullying found that a key to reducing peer cruelty is parent education. I’ve worked in bullying prevention with hundreds of schools around the world as well as on 18 US Army bases and I find the same thing no...
by Michele Borba | Apr 30, 2012 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, Character and Moral Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution
Research shows that when student bystanders intervene correctly, bullying can be cut more than half the time and within 10 seconds. – Pepler Bullying is cold-blooded, intentional cruelty,and will flourish if tolerated. Forty-nine states have now passed...
