We’ve talked about cyber-bullying extensively on this blog. One of our more popular posts discusses how there are 5 million kids under the age of ten on Facebook.
Bullying isn’t confined to Facebook. New research reveals that there are 15,000 bullying related tweets sent daily on Twitter. [Source] (more…)
In a recent interview with Oprah Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas said that being bullied almost made her give up gymnastics!
One of the most common effects of bullying is that victims will give up on what they love. This is an example of that. What’s amazing though is how she was able to overcome being bullied to do something incredible. (more…)
This is not the first time the Obama administration has spoken out about bullying. In this two minute video Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shares here thoughts. (more…)
Surprised? Don’t be.
This info comes from an article published late last year in Educational Leadership (citation below). From the article…
Educators can easily get the false impression that bullying is not a problem in their school. That’s because teachers and administrators typically see only about 4 percent of bullying incidents.
The bullying problem is a lot bigger than we realize. Why is so little of it observed? Why don’t we see it happening? (more…)
Our home state of Ohio is still reeling after the recent violence at Chardon High School. It’s a sobering reminder that we need to stand against bullying.
We know that most anti-bullying programs don’t work. What can we do to make a difference? (more…)
A while back we did a post on why we take a different approach to anti-bullying assemblies.
Most presentations try to “scare the kids straight”. They hammer on the harmful effects of bullying and try to create change by making everyone feel miserable.
We’ve been skeptical of this approach from day one. We believe it makes a bad situation worse.
Turns out we’re right. There’s academic research to back it up. “Preaching” at the kids and following up with severe punishments doesn’t work.
There was a peer reviewed article published on this back in October 2011. It’s cited at the end of this post. Here are a few crucial bits that I feel are relevant. (more…)
What do you think of when you imagine a bully?
Usually it’s a kid who’s an outcast. Nobody likes them. They’re either a loner or they hang out with other bullies. They bully either because they don’t know how to control themselves or because they want to gain social status.
That’s definitely one kind of bully, but there’s also a second who’s more subtle and more dangerous. (more…)
The study cited in this article is in regards to the UK, but I still feel the results are interesting anyway:
The study found that while 22% girls had been subjected to cyber-bullying, 13.5% boys said they had faced it, according to the report.
While both boys and girls are getting cyberbullied, I think that the 8.5% increase with girls is significant.
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Recently we brought our “EGGstraordinary” Anti Bullying School Assembly to St. Peter’s Elementary School in Upper Sandusky, Ohio!
The Daily Chief Union was there and took the picture above. Here’s the text of the article:
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Last week I posted about the Facebook Live Chat the White House initiated about Bullying. There was a council of experts there from the government, Facebook, and even MTV.
I took detailed notes of the entire chat. Here’s a digest of what I thought was really interesting and wanted to pass along to you!
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