For generations, we’ve heard and passed on the same advice about how to deal with bullies—and yet, the bullying problem seems to be getting worse, not better. Maybe that’s because the advice doesn’t work? Ignore the bullies and they’ll go away. Bullying is a normal rite of passage. Just tell the teacher and it’ll stop. […]
How to Build Resilience Against Cyber-Bullying in Your Child
Don’t underestimate the alarming potential effects of an established cyber-bullying relationship between your child and a cyber-bully. According to a Suicide Prevention Resource Center study, both victims and bullies are at a higher risk for suicide after a prolonged bullying relationship – a life-threatening situation that should concern any parent. However, what if your family […]
How Can A Bystander Stop Bullying?
Parents have a great opportunity to teach their kids what we call good bystanders, upstanders or allies, which supporting a kid whose targeted. How Can A Bystander Stop Bullying? I like the word allies because it means that kids who are targeted need someone to help them. But a culture in a school is the […]
Reducing the Risk That Your Child Will be a Bully
There are a number of things that you can do, as a parent, that reduce the risk that your child will do bullying. The number one thing is to think about your role modeling as a parent. Kids learn more from what we do, rather than what we say. You have to think — and […]
Gossip is Bullying
So I learned about gossip bullying first hand recently while I was preparing for a talk on bullying about relational bullying, about girl bullying, mean girl stuff. I was sitting in a coffee shop, I was working with a colleague and my colleague left and a woman was sitting next to me who must have […]
Hollister & Brent Rivera Team Up to Eliminate Bullying
I was privileged to assist in this effort through the development of a the educational video along with a peer-to-peer curriculum. This will be distributed to more than 20,000 schools across the United States and the United Kingdom, providing students with tools they need to prevent and overcome bullying. The program is designed to promote inclusivity […]
Hollister Teams up with Dr. Joel Haber
HOLLISTER CO. ANNOUNCES 2016 ANTI-BULLYING CAMPAIGN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER, BRENT RIVERA BRAND LAUNCHES PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH New Albany, OH, September 29, 2016— Hollister Co., a division of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) today revealed its 2016 anti-bullying campaign, All Equal. Now in its fourth year, this campaign […]
Dealing with Mean Girl Bullying
TRANSCRIPT: Mean girl bullying, relational bullying, is really common. You are probably going to have children, most of our children, deal with this at some point. You have to, kind of, deal with it directly if you can. If your daughter is in a situation where she is targeted by a mean girl, you […]
Tips for Handling Cyberbullying
If your child is faces with cyberbullying whether it be through the use of cell phone, computer or ther kind of technology the important thing is not to respond. If you respond you’re getting into the back and forth and you’re showing the person who’s doing the bullying that you’re in it. It’s a game, […]
How do Bystanders Contribute to Bullying?
For more information on elementary education v Bystanders play a huge role in the bullying dynamic, remember there’s a bullying child, there’s the target of bullying and then there’s the rest of the kids who watch. Bystanders are so important because they see more bullying than any adults do. Kids who do bully, are not […]
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