When it comes to talking about tweens, teens and bullying, we have to be willing to recognize that the scariest consequence isn’t just our children getting hurt or coming home in tears. The scariest consequence is them being pushed to a point no parent ever wants to imagine their child […]
Nothing brings out the mama (or papa) bear in parents quite like learning someone has been hurting your child. In an instant, all reason goes out the window and we become determined to do whatever it might take to protect our little cub. That instinct is exactly why most parents […]
Plenty of parents approach the tween years afraid that their child might become a victim of bullying. Few stop to think about what it would mean if their child actually was the bully. But according to a psychology study out of UCLA, 30 percent of teens admit to having bullied […]
A kid shoved into a locker. Another tripped on the bus. Even the online profile set up specifically to catfish a teen. We all recognize these as examples of overt bullying; unwanted, aggressive behavior meant to take the bullying victim down. It’s behavior just about anyone would recognize as bullying […]
On November 29th, 2016, Brandy Vela sent an e-mail to her family telling them she was going to take her life. They rushed home to find her still alive, but with a gun in her hands. As they tried to convince her to put the gun down, the 18 year […]
Back when most of us were kids (and certainly when our parents were kids) bullying wasn’t nearly the buzzy topic it is today. That’s not to say it wasn’t happening. It was absolutely happening, but it was almost considered synonymous with childhood. To the extent that many adults simply looked […]
