Cyberbullying is a big concern for parents, but how do we define it and do our children see it differently? The definition of bullying from StopBullying.gov is:
"Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:
Many kids have said to me that they don't see a lot of cyberbullying but once I probe deeper, I often hear about the ease with which kids say something mean just one time, about one incident. This would, by definition, not be classified as bullying. However, technology allows these one-off incidents to quickly spread and can turn them into repetitive incidents. Technology makes it easy to text or post something teens may not say in person. Another part that plays into this is that teens are also in the throws of developing impulse control and emotion regulation.
Questions to ask your kids about cyberbullying this week for Tech Talk Tuesday:
September 26, 2016
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Cyberbullying is a big concern for parents, but how do we define it and do our children see it differently? The definition of bullying from StopBullying.gov is:
"Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:
Many kids have said to me that they don't see a lot of cyberbullying but once I probe deeper, I often hear about the ease with which kids say something mean just one time, about one incident. This would, by definition, not be classified as bullying. However, technology allows these one-off incidents to quickly spread and can turn them into repetitive incidents. Technology makes it easy to text or post something teens may not say in person. Another part that plays into this is that teens are also in the throws of developing impulse control and emotion regulation.
Questions to ask your kids about cyberbullying this week for Tech Talk Tuesday:
September 26, 2016
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Cyberbullying is a big concern for parents, but how do we define it and do our children see it differently? The definition of bullying from StopBullying.gov is:
"Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:
Many kids have said to me that they don't see a lot of cyberbullying but once I probe deeper, I often hear about the ease with which kids say something mean just one time, about one incident. This would, by definition, not be classified as bullying. However, technology allows these one-off incidents to quickly spread and can turn them into repetitive incidents. Technology makes it easy to text or post something teens may not say in person. Another part that plays into this is that teens are also in the throws of developing impulse control and emotion regulation.
Questions to ask your kids about cyberbullying this week for Tech Talk Tuesday:
September 26, 2016
As well as our weekly blog, we publish videos like this one every week on the Screenagers YouTube channel
So what is pornography, and how do we talk with our young people about this prickly topic? Every time I sit down to write about this, I feel a bit of sadness and, frankly, disbelief. It’s hard to accept that we’ve created a society where youth can be just a click away from all sorts of highly explicit sexual material. And yes, parental controls and blockers can help, but the internet is everywhere, and chances are, they will see things somewhere. But we have to talk about it.
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In today's blog I introduce and give a brief summary of my recent podcast conversation with Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD, psychologist and author of Sexism and Sensibility, where we spoke about many topics such as how to raise girls with fierce ambition and critical awareness of gender inequality without making them feel disheartened? And how we can help boys understand the hidden costs of rigid masculinity without shaming them into silence?
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A parent recently told me how upset she was because her teen’s sports team posted something inappropriate in their social media group. Today I share my advice to the mom about ways to handle such a situation.
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