Cool Kids Can Curb Bullying, Study Finds Schools experienced a 30 percent decrease in bullying if their most social students took a stand. by Lauren Camera Schools may have more success curbing incidents of bullying if their most social students take an anti-bullying stance as opposed to teachers and administrators setting blanket rules and regulations […]
Slinky went with me and Sylvia the day we were to try on dresses. She got along just fine with Sylvia. Susan and Sylvia could sit in a corner and talk about bridesmaids’ dresses and perfect shoes for the next hundred years. I finally screwed up enough courage to come clean. “Sylvia, I’m not going […]
Ada lagged behind Rodger and his uncle as they left the ticket window to go outside and wait in the boarding area. The platform shook as the ten‑o‑five came rumbling in, on time. Rodger nodded, satisfied, and pocketed his father’s railroad watch. Dust whipped through the air as the passenger train came to a noisy […]
Don’t Take it Personally, It’s Not About You By Aaron Karmi, MA, LCPC When you take things personally, you feel offended and disrespected. Your reaction is either to defend yourself or submit passively. Either way you take someone’s criticism and view it as a literal, personal and serious threat. You want to correct the perpetrators […]
“Can we all be engaged and committed to political causes without resorting to personal attacks that can slide easily into bullying language? Our kids—future voters in not so many years—will benefit. Our democracy will be much the better for it.” Political Bullies and Your Child by Gail F. Melson, Ph.D., author and researcher on child […]