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
Roots of Empathy
Followup on ‘Understanding cyberbullying…’
The other day I wrote about the need to work on cyberbullying more from the inside-out, and my mention of social media researcher danah boyd's field work elicited a thoughtful email from a risk-prevention specialist whose work I follow closely, author and risk-prevention specialist Patricia Agatston in the Atlanta area. She wrote that danah's findings "get me thinking about Rudolph … [Read more...] about Followup on ‘Understanding cyberbullying…’