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CNN Stays True to Stop Bullying: Speak Up Campaign
46913 years
Check out the Stop Bullying: Speak Up Campaign. Great to see organizations staying true to their committment to prevent and stop bullying, even after the red camera light stops flashing. Way to go, CNN and Anderson Cooper!
http://rosalindwiseman.com/2011/09/19/stop-bullying-speak-up-campaign-can-change-lives/
The Breathtaking Cruelty of Formspring: What Every Parent Should Know
86413 years
Read below for bestselling author Rachel Simmons’ (Odd Girl Out, Odd Girl Speaks Out, The Curse of the Good Girl) perspective and very helpful suggestions for talking to young girls about the “breathtakingly cruel” website Formspring:
Formspring: Enabling the Cruelest Form of Bullying with the Greatest of Ease.
48313 years
Having just read the post below, I am still speechless…which is fine because this Mama said it all so well:
http://www.rachelsimmons.com/2011/06/guest-blog-a-mothers-battle-to-get-her-daughter-off-formspring/
I adore her apt description: Formspring is the present-day version of the bathroom stall on steroids, enabling the cruelest form of bullying with the greatest of ease.
Are you aware of the website Formspring? As the mother of 8 and 5-year old girls, I was not…yet…but am so glad to know about it early so that I can do a little early intervention and hopefully prevention.
You know, it’s crazy–I feel like me, and so many other parents and professionals out there, are putting their hearts and souls into helping girls cope with bullying–then a site like this comes along and makes money hand over first with no purpose or objective other than to wreck young girls. Where is the conscience?
Responding to Bullying – Educators | StopBullying.gov
45014 years
This is a helpful list of articles and resources to help adults know how to respond effectively to bullying:
Free to Be…Not Anymore
102614 years
For all of you children of the 1970’s like me who spent hours and hours of your childhood listening to Marlo Thomas’ Free to Be album, check out this amazing article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marlo-thomas/marlo-thomas-bullying_b_866313.html
“Every boy in this land grows to be his own man,
In this land, every girl grows to be her own woman.”
Dear Bully
714 years
One of the greatest things about social media is that once I indicate an interest in a subject, I can almost instantly find myself surrounded by so many other like-minded people who bring to my attention the most interesting stories, articles, and books. Yesterday, a former co-worker shared with me the Dear Bully website and Facebook group. Dear Bully: 70 Authors (more…)
A Solution for Bullying?
109014 years
Great article, written by blogger Shark-Fu of Angry Black Bitch, in response to the ABCNews.com article “When Is Cosmetic Surgery the Answer to Bullying?”
My favorite line: Bullies will bully until bullies are taught not to bully.
How to Spot a Bullied Child
014 years
Check out this great article from author and national speaker Jodee Blanco:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/05/12/blanco.bullying/index.html?hpt=C2