What Ever Happened To…

Let me tell you about a kid I went to school with.  ”Dan”. Dan was bullied mercilessly. For years. He was a little bit chubby- so he was teased about his weight.  He had an apple shaped head topped with a mop of blond curls. Actually, Dan looked a lot like Benny Hill, the English...

Why Anti-Bullying Programs in School Can’t Protect Your Child

From the Boston Globe: Notwithstanding the widespread adoption of various school-based anti-bullying curricula, the empirical evidence with regard to their preventive value is somewhat disappointing. An analysis of anti-bullying interventions implemented over a 25-year time period, from 1980 to 2004,...