Posts Tagged: bullying

What is Bullying?

How would you describe bullying? Has your child been bullied? Have you? When I taught a workshop at the California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) in Pasadena for adults working with children in the primary grades.  Over 50 educators actively participated in my workshop: Bullying 101: Helping the Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander:…

6 Year-Old Stabbed in Neck with Pencil

Was it a stabbing or a poke with a pencil? Was it bullying or an accident? Why didn’t the school call an ambulance or the police? Did the Turlock Unified District follow established protocol? The questions ruminating around California’s Central Valley abound. But the one question that bothers me the most is, Why didn’t the…

Awareness of “Virtual” Peer Pressure: Reducing Negative Peer Pressure for School Age Children

Another parenting tip for helping reduce negative peer pressure for school age children is to become aware of “virtual” peer pressure and intervene early. A few months ago when I prepared this material for a group of school age parents in Ceres, California, I became distraught about the potential negative consequences of technology. Everyone Knows…