Parenting: Accountability
As I’ve said previously, parenting isn’t necessarily easy. We often don’t know what to do or say. Simply doing what our parents did isn’t the best course of action. However, it’s often the only option.
As a rule, we let our kids off the hook too easily and too often. We fail to hold them Accountable [...]
Bullying: Name Calling
Remember the old rhyme from childhood: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me?” Bunk!
Names do hurt. That inspirational rhyme is flat out wrong. Loving parents and dutiful school folk told us this in an attempt to help us cope with and ignore name calling from fellow students. It didn’t [...]
Bullying May Effect Girls More Than Boys?
When we think of Bullying don’t we usually tend to think of it happening at the hand of and to boys? Well I do. Of course, I admit that I’m skewed due to having been a boy, not a girl.
In a 2009 article in “Medscape Medical News,” author Janis Kelly indicated that Bullying may have [...]
Cyber Bullying: Text Bullying
Parents, there are forms of Bullying that didn’t exist when you were in school. They are Cyber Bullying and Text Message Bullying. It is important for you to be aware that some Bullying takes place over the internet through chat, email and text messaging.
What you need to do:
Become aware of technology: texting (text messaging), email, [...]
Bullying: Adults Must Intervene
Bullying is Terrorism. Think about it. Our modern term for an “intentional and persistent series of acts directed toward a person designed to hurt or cause damage,” is Terrorism. Is it not?
We don’t put up with it on a societal level. Why are we accepting this on a child/teen level? Obviously, we should NOT be [...]