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Eric Harris, Dylan Klebolt, Columbine and Jackie Robinson

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

In the space of five days, we honor Jackie Robinson’s finally breaking into the major leagues by having every baseball player wear his number and we also memorialize Eric Harris and Dylan Klebolt’s massacre at Columbine High School ten years ago.  Looking at the similarities and differences between the three people is instructive.
They each faced […]

Whose Fault was the Columbine High School Massacre?

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Whose fault was the killings at Columbine High School?  And how can we help our children resist bullies, not become bullies themselves and thrive after horrible killings?

Teach Empathy in Middle School? Can we? Should We?

Friday, April 10th, 2009

A recent article in the New York Times illustrates attempts of one middle school of privileged kids in Scarsdale, New York, to teach empathy for those less privileged.  The less privileged included examples from great literature, of old, disabled and autistic people, and even of those students who didn’t get invited to last weekend’s social […]

Sexting, Harassment, Bullying and Suicide: Is the Solution More Laws?

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

When the parents of teenage suicide Jessica Logan called for new laws to stop “sexting,” and said that the school was responsible for stopping their daughter and her ex-boy friend and the other bullies who continued harassing her, the focus of discussion shifted from sadness about her suicide to the question of what to regulate […]

Miley Cyrus Bullied and Abused

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

In her forthcoming memoir, “Miley Cyrus: Miles to Go,” Miley reveals that her younger days were spent “being teased, tortured and humiliated by school bullies.”  The “Hannah Montana” star says she was “friendless, lonely and miserable,” and believes she would have been physically harmed if the abuse hadn’t stopped.”  Miley writes, “The girls took it […]

School Anti-Bullying Laws: Arkansas Needs to Protect Kids

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Why do we need federal laws to make bullying a crime and to require schools to have anti-bullying policies?
The saga of Billy Wolfe should be enough to convince you.  Over a year ago, the New York Times reported that Billy was being bullied relentlessly by two bigger guys from his high school in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  […]

Facebook Cyber Bullying Lawsuit Versus New York Teenager

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

As reported by Reid Epstein in Newsday, New York teenager, Denise Finkel has sued Facebook for $3 million because, she claims, it carried a fictitious Facebook chat group to bully, ostracize, ridicule, abuse and disgrace her.  The lawsuit states that former high school classmates, Michael Dauber, Jeffrey Schwartz, Leah Herz, and Melinda Danowitz created the […]

School Anti-Bullying Laws in Oregon May Be Changed

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

As reported by Betsy Hammond in “The Oregonian,” the Oregon House Education Committee is calling for improvements in its school anti-bullying, anti-harassment laws.  They’re responding to the Oregon Healthy Teens Survey which stated that more than 40 percent of Oregon eighth-graders reported being subjected to name-calling, bullying or other harassment at school, with the highest […]

Stop bullying by your boyfriend’s daughter

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Sherry has noticed a pattern between her boyfriend, Robert, and his teen aged daughter.  Whenever Sherry and Robert have special plans, his daughter insists that she needs Robert to take care of her.  If he won’t change the plans, the girl throws a fit, gets hysterical and says that Robert doesn’t love her anymore.
Robert immediately […]

7 Signs of narcissistic control-freaks

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Narcissistic control-freaks rule!  They think.
Some narcissistic personalities are so over the top that it’s easy to detect them.  You’ll follow your gut reaction and get away as fast as you can.
But watch out.  If you’re not careful, stealthy narcissists will take over your life – at home, in relationships, at work.  Are you sure you […]

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