Archive for 'bullying'
How Social Media Savvy Are You?
When it comes to children’s Internet safety, most parents are not savvy enough. And it is not because we aren’t hip, hep, cool, phat…choose your jargon…it’s simply that new social web sites seems to appear with the blink of an eye.
What can you do to protect your child without infringing too much on his or […]
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Bullying Legislation, At Last….
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 […]
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Wake Up, America, Our Kids Are Dying…
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: […]
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Workplace Bullying: The Silent Epidemic
Workplace bullying refers to persistent aggressive or unreasonable actions of a person (or group of people) towards an employee (or group of employees). Bullying behavior is that which intimidates, degrades, offends, or humiliates a worker. The behavior may be inflicted verbally, nonverbally, psychologically, or physically.
The Workplace Bullying Institute* just released its Labor Day 2008 Survey […]
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