We want to wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween! The American Academy of Pediatrics recent published these safety tips for parents, and we thought we would share them here: ALL DRESSED UP: Plan costumes that are bright and reflective. Make sure that shoes fit well and that costumes are short enough to prevent tripping, [...]

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I recently interviewed Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., and Justin Patchin, Ph.D., of the Cyberbullying Research Center about their thoughts on the current state of cyberbullying legislation. With the problem receiving so much media attention, it’s important to examine what has, can, should, and should not be done in terms of trying to come up with a legislative solution, [...]

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One of the easiest targets for the media is the media. Read this rather insightful blog post by Anil Dashe entitled There Is No Such Thing as Cyberbullying and you’ll immediately see what I mean. Dashe cleverly carves up the media for creating “false targets” for real problems, suggesting the term “cyberbullying” was created simply [...]

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Tyler Clementi’s body was found floating in the Hudson River on September 29, 2010, one week after he announced to his friends on Facebook that he was going to jump off the George Washington Bridge. Tyler took his own life after a a sexual encounter he had with another male student was secretly taped and [...]

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