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Bullied 5th grader fed up writes to the President
Student, fed up with bullying, writes President Obama and gets inspiring response. Student Ziainey Stokes from West Philadelphia wrote a letter to President Obama about bullying in January. The 11-year-old was fed up with being a victim after several years of abuse at two schools.
“I wrote that some people don’t care if you get bullied or not, but I do care,” Ziainey said.”
Zianey Stokes has been inspired to start her own anti-bullying organization. Excellent!
Full story at NBC Philadelphia
Read MoreBullies and Victims – Both Have Poor Problem Solving Skills?
Interesting article and podcast at Scientific American.
Researchers reviewed and analyzed 153 studies and found that both victims and bullies have poor problem-solving skills within social situations. They also found that boys bully more than girls but here’s a significant point: those who do poorly in school are at a higher risk of becoming a bully. The research was published this week in the journal School Psychology Quarterly.
Read article on bullies and victims at Scientific American.
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Question posted at NYT – When your Child is the cyberbully
A posting we’d like to share with you from the New York Times “When your child is the cyberbully”
Q: We recently discovered several instances of one of my sons actually being the cyberbully. The transcripts were unbelievably obscene and I am devastated. I have had numerous talks with him about the severity of this issue, but I don’t really understand what to do from there.
Read MoreKatey’s Breakout Session at the 4th Annual Girl Bullying and RA Conference
Katey McPherson, founder of the Sharing Healthy Experiences Forum will be presenting at the 4th Annual Girl Bullying and RA Conference. San Antonio, Texas. June 25-27.
Read more about the event at StopGirlBullying.com
Information on Katey’s Breakout Session
“Be The One” Sharing Healthy Experiences
Breakout Session Description: Award winning author Rosalind Wiseman calls it “creating a culture of dignity”. SHE and its team members call it “Be the One.” In this interactive, hands on session, the SHE team will highlight and outline the damaging effects of relational aggression in one real life community with special attention to the bystander role. Workshop participants will be transfixed as they watch one community’s proactive approach to relational aggression and the amazing transformation through relationship building. Workshop participants will leave with next step information and ready-set -go manipulatives about how you can “Be The One” to transform your community and begin your own RA awareness campaign and forum that will unite students, parents, and staff to take a stand and truly transform a school culture and community at-large.
Grade Level: K-12
Session Speaker: Katey McPherson
Administrator/Founder of SHE (Sharing Healthy Experiences)
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Girls, Boys and Other Hazardous Materials
We wanted to link you to Rosalind Wiseman’s interview on the Today Show. Good segment, good book.
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