I know this isn't parents' or educators' default thinking or we wouldn't be seeing excellent advice like this, but our children are very smart where social media's concerned. CNN made a big thing in the promotion around its documentary and study "Being 13" about a girl saying about her selfies, "don't judge [but], maybe 200 sometimes if I really can't get a right one." What professional … [Read more...] about About CNN’s ‘Being 13’: Let’s be fair
Robert Faris
Popularity: The other kind of vulnerability
A study cited in "When Popularity Backfires" at Time.com found that socially ambitious kids can be just as likely to experience bullying and harassment as "social outcasts" at school. Interested in the "hotspots" of social aggression in students' social experiences at school, sociology professors Robert Faris at University of California Davis and Diane Felmlee at Pennsylvania State University … [Read more...] about Popularity: The other kind of vulnerability