A Quick Response Plan to BullyingListen to your child. Offer your help. Validate your child by acknowledging their feelings. Embrace your child with your help, and with your arms. Gakina-awiiya (We Are All Related), Chief Robert and Terri Lynn TallTree “Teach us love, compassion and honor…that we may heal the Earth, and heal each other.” - Ojibwe prayer The Light of Integrity
Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the full light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny. It is the light Cyber Bullying Resources“As America’s kids prepare to go back to school, national law enforcement leaders released a poll showing that one in three teens and one in six preteens have been victims of cyber bullying. The leaders estimate that more than 13 million children aged 6 to 17 were victims of cyber bullying. More than 2 million of those victims told no one about the attacks.”www.fightcrime.org/releases.php?id=231 This is unacceptable. Here is a link… >> Continue reading: Cyber Bullying Resources Cyber Language/Internet SlangWe were musing over our post yesterday, and realized that many parents and teachers might not even know cyber-bullying if they saw it, because of the crazy shorthand, cyber language, and internet slang kids and adults use nowadays. There’s a great site – www.netlingo.com – where you can decypher your child’s language. We found an online language translator too that you may find helpful – www.worldlingo.com. Gakina-awiiya (We Are… >> Continue reading: Cyber Language/Internet Slang Cyber-BullyingLast year we performed at a Catholic middle school that was going through a horrible experience. A group of 6th grade girls were bullying another girl through the computer, through myspace.com, and through text messaging. The girl who was being bullied refused to come to school, all the parents were up in arms, and the school found itself in the middle of a very serious situation in which there were… >> Continue reading: Cyber-Bullying Gender Differences in Bullying In the 25 years we have been working with schools across the country, we have noticed some key gender differences in bullying behavior. 5 Powerful Tips to Stop Bullying
school program We’re gearing up to start our yearly tour of schools around the country. One common issue that schools regularly ask us to address is bullying, and we routinely give teachers, parents, and children powerful tips to stop bullying. According to the National Violence Prevention Resource Center (www.safeyouth.org) over 30% of all students are affected by bullying, either as
Homophobic or Anti-Gay BullyingAnti-gay or homophobic bullying is an extremely serious, harmful issue that every parent and teacher should be aware of. One of the most profound memories we have comes from the day we spoke at a conference on Grief and Loss. It was in Casper, Wyoming and it was on the same day as Matthew Shephard’s funeral. There was so much sadness, it hung in the air… >> Continue reading: Homophobic or Anti-Gay Bullying Following the Bent of your NatureA big “miigwech” (thank you) to Dianne in Oregon for her email today, asking us to expand on a statement we made “the key is to always follow the bent of your nature, and you will find peace and happiness.” She said she once heard a person explain that in the Bible where it says “raise up a child in the way it should go,” the interpretation of the original… >> Continue reading: Following the Bent of your Nature |
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“The soul is dyed the color of it’s thoughts.
A couple of weeks ago we watched the movie “Mean Girls”, about a group of high school girls bullying another girl who doesn’t fit in, so they verbally torment…