It's highly likely that prevention of online and offline bullying took a major leap forward in the US today, thanks to the bright spotlight a White House event trained on this issue: the Bullying Prevention Summit. But even more important than massive awareness raising is the basing of all that attention on substantive, research-based messaging. It is truly heartening to watch a President, First … [Read more...] about Takeaways from the bullying-prevention summit
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‘The No-Blame Approach’ to defusing bullying
Dateline NBC hit some key points about bullies and bystanders while skimming along the surface in "My Kid Would Never Bully." The show set up two pretty stereotypical scenarios (one involving boys in a gym and the other girls discussing fashion), hired two actors for each (one playing the bully and the other the victim), brought in 3-4 "real kids" who were the bystanders, and had parents and … [Read more...] about ‘The No-Blame Approach’ to defusing bullying
Bullying-prevention summit at the White House
President and Mrs. Obama are holding a bullying prevention summit at the White House tomorrow (March 10), and you are invited. Here's their video invitation to watch live (links to the live stream tomorrow at the bottom of this post). The President's schedule in WhiteHouse.gov says that he and the First Lady will deliver opening remarks at 10:35 ET. The White House says it will have "live video … [Read more...] about Bullying-prevention summit at the White House
Pink shirts in Canada: Ultimate social norms model
Today (Feb. 23) is Pink Shirt Day in Canada, marking a national movement and international model for defeating bullying – all started by two good guys in Nova Scotia, Travis Price and David Shepherd. You've probably heard the story by now, but – when, back in 2007, the then high school seniors noticed a freshman boy was being picked on for wearing a pink shirt – they figured "that's enough ... … [Read more...] about Pink shirts in Canada: Ultimate social norms model
New view of targets & bullies: Study
The latest research on bullying – a series of studies of 3,722 8th-to-10th-graders in three North Carolina counties – found that targets of bullying are not physically or socially weaker or marginalized students so much as social rivals. What's interesting about this is that the focus is shifting from individual traits (how strong or aggressive or marginalized kids are) to where they are in the … [Read more...] about New view of targets & bullies: Study