by admin | Oct 15, 2014 | Cyberbullying
October is Bullying Prevention Month. Gossip can be mean. Bullies can build on gossip and create stories and ugliness about a student that can go viral in seconds. In today’s internet age, gossip can be spread at lightning speed to hundreds, thousands or millions of...
by admin | Oct 14, 2014 | Social media
We can be bombarded with tragic headlines of how the Internet has created an ugliness in people. Cyberbullying, cyberstalking, online harassment, Internet predators, Internet defamation, hackers, identity theft and more. What about the positive? Finding old...
by admin | Oct 13, 2014 | Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and National Cyber Security Month. Both are extremely important topics that need to be discussed 365 days a year which was the focus of my recent post for Platform for Good, Family Online Safety Institute: Short Chats Are...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | Cyber Safety
October is National Cyber Safety Awareness Month which spotlights an array of digital security measures parents, teens, and everyone should be using and should be aware of to protect themselves virtually. It is not only about protecting yourself from the cyber-scams...
by admin | Oct 4, 2014 | Bullying prevention
Many parents, teachers and students will ask: “How can we get our schools and communities better informed on up-to-date cyber-knowledge so they are better able to support our children?” Let’s face it, our kids are usually ahead of us when it comes to...
by admin | Oct 3, 2014 | Online Safety
The Internet is a part of everyone’s life on a daily basis. We use it at home, school, work and on the go. National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October) is an important reminder for parents to keep tabs of where and when their kids surf online. The knowledge and...
by admin | Oct 2, 2014 | Bullying Prevention Month
October is a very busy month, recognizing many important causes. One of them is Bullying Prevention and Awareness Month. I am honored to be part of Digital Citizen’s Alliance TweetChat on Wednesday, October 8th from 1:00-2:00pm EST. #StopCyberbullying is a...
by admin | Oct 1, 2014 | Parenting tips
By Christy Crandell of The Five Moms Approximately one in 25 teens reports abusing excessive amounts of DXM to get high. Even more disturbing, some teens ignore labeling instructions and intentionally take large amounts of DXM – sometimes more than 25 times the...
by admin | Sep 30, 2014 | cyberbullying prevention
Bullying and the prevention of it has become a major focus in our schools. Bullies are no longer limited to just verbal or physical bullying. Text and online bullying have become a serious problem among adolescents and teens. According to School bullying statistics...
by admin | Sep 28, 2014 | Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention and Awareness Month. We will see many articles and reports on bullying and cyberbullying. The goal is to have parents, kids and educators to take the time to learn more about bullying and cyberbullying. Although we have a month...
