I talk to teens everyday about topics that are often extraordinarily uncomfortable. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Sleeping with your phone in your bedroom is never a good idea, but it’s even worse when you’re bullied online because it’s too tempting to stay up all night trying to ‘fix’ the situation – which isn’t possible anyway. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Many kids who are bullied feel helpless. Sometimes, they think the only thing they can do is hope the problem will go away. But there are things you can do to get some control in the situation and it starts with developing a strategy and a support system. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Kids don’t like being put into boxes, and your kid can act in different ways in different situations. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and trying to ignore it for a long time. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he’s at in Iran. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it’s hard, when you’re upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don’t want to and you’re nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it’s really important for kids to see how you handle that. Rosalind Wiseman Read Quote
