KidsTerrain Topics In The News

A comprehensive anti-bullying legislation is, at last, law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is now, however, up to the schools, the parents, and the kids themselves to take all the necessary steps to eliminate bullying from our schools, our streets, and cyberspace.
I’ve written numerous blogs on this topic, beginning with the 2006 suicide of […]

A couple of nights ago I was awakened at 3:45 a.m. by a torrential rainstorm. After the intense thunder and lightening subsided, and still unable to get back to sleep, I turned on the television and began flipping through the channels. That mindless activity halted when my ears pricked up upon hearing an unfamiliar word: […]

Just when I think I’ve seen it all, another shocking story hits the news. This time, teenage girls are defending singer Chris Brown and placing the blame for her beating on his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna.
Even with Oprah Winfrey devoting a show to dating violence, teenage girls still do not get that violence against them […]

I thought this topic was worth revisiting, especially since I heard these alarming statistics today:

Boys were much more likely to die from the choking game than girls; 87% of victims were boys.
Most of the children that died were 11-16 years old (89%).
Nearly all of the children who died were playing the game alone when they […]

“One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.” — Anthropologist Margaret Mead
As Michael Vick prepared to plead guilty to a federal dog-fighting charge, the National Football League (NFL) suspended Vick indefinitely for violating its anti-gambling policy. Yup, that’s the […]