Simon Battensby / Getty Images from Time Magazine Despite lots of public attention, a profusion of anti-bullying programs, legislation and research, bullying doesn’t appear to have stopped or for that matter, waned though it might not have increased depending on who you ask. But still, it hasn’t disappeared. Have we gotten something wrong? Take a look …
Got some good news. No, I’m not pregnant or signing a deal for my own reality show. I’m happy to announce I’ll be writing a new column over at Parent Dish – Naked Data! Don’t say I didn’t warn you – you know I’ve been talking about bringing the sexy to the science. So basically I now …
Got bullying on the mind. Not because, coincidentally, it’s National Bullying Prevention Month. Been thinking about the kids harassed because they’re gay or perceived as gay. As we’re still debating Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and gay marriage, the media’s dragged out the somber stats about gay youths facing high rates of anxiety, alcohol and substance …
So it’s not The Playdate From Hell but it’s more common, subtle and insidious. It’s more like The Playdate From Purgatory: Two kids slumped on the couch, yours chewing a chunk of hair, the other staring at the floor. Your kid’s been begging to have so and so over and nothing, nothing is happening. No talk much less play. They can’t agree on …
Sexual predators seeking and stalking children online. A parent’s nightmare. As scary as it sounds, the most typical case of a child being solicited online (i.e. asked for sexual acts) involves neither pedophiles nor young children according to a report by Harvard’s Berman Center for Internet and Society. After reviewing the scarce research out there the authors …