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Posted by admin on Nov 2, 2011
Aristotle said, “No government, no matter how good, can make its citizens morally virtuous”.
Its as true today as it was 2,500 years ago. A notable feature about us humans is that we have a tough time learning from our mistakes. Societies never...
Posted by admin on Oct 11, 2011
Do bullies actually lack the ability to identify and experience the feelings of others? Conventional wisdom asserts that bullies have a diminished ability to feel empathy.
A recent study put that theory to the test. (“Bullying and Empathy: A Short-Term...
Posted by admin on Oct 5, 2011
On October 9th, Anderson Cooper, CNN, The Cartoon Network, and Time Inc will team up to air a week-long anti-bullying series hosted by Rutgers University.
Cooper, in partnership with University of California sociologist Dr. Robert Faris, will reveal the outcome of a...
Posted by admin on Sep 29, 2011
Your child might have something in common with Lady GaGa, or Michael Phelps.
A surprising array of stars, who are now wealthy, beautiful, popular, and admired, were once picked-on, shunned and bullied!
Here’s a partial list of celebrities who were bullied in...
Posted by admin on Sep 27, 2011
Sad and sickening news out of Toronto, from TheStar.com
At 8, Mitchell Wilson’s mother died of cancer. The following year, he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, an incurable, degenerative disease that ravages muscles, leaving its victims paralyzed. Not...
Posted by admin on Jul 2, 2011
How’s your summer going?
Have you had some cookouts? Have you gotten to the beach, or splashed around in a pool or at least done a running belly-dive on a Slip N Slide? Have you played Frisbee in the park? Gone for a long bike ride in the cool of the...
Posted by admin on Jun 10, 2011
During the school year, bullies were on the bus, in the lunch room, the locker room, and the classroom. Now summer is here. The kids who were being bullied finally get a break, right?
Wrong.
Aggressive, predatory kids don’t vanish when the last bell...