Canadian Dad blogger Chris Read uses the Fun song as a catalyst to examine his own values.
Bird Lovers, Bird Haters
March 17, 2013 By 1 Comment
Birds are a symbol of freedom and hope. To Spoon Jackson and other inmates, they are sacred guests.
Guess Who Created Your Little Bully?
March 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
Lisa Dixon-Wells, bullying prevention expert, on bullying behavior: how it starts, where it leads, how to stop it.
OPEN THREAD: Are We Reducing the Impact of the Term “Bullying” By Overuse?
March 14, 2013 By 4 Comments
Are we doing ourselves, and our children a disservice by labeling every childhood conflict as “bullying”?
An Open Letter to My Son, Who Yesterday Was Called a ‘Nerd’
March 6, 2013 By 37 Comments
Even when the world is dark, and people are picking on you for wearing glasses, Mom and Dad are here and we’d take a bullet to spare you pain.
No Longer ‘The Only Gay in the Village’
March 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Feeling like the only gay student at one’s high school remains a paradoxically common experience.
Open Thread: Boy Killed By Fight on Playground, Should You Teach Your Kid to Fight?
March 5, 2013 By 24 Comments
A 12 year-old boy who was beaten into a coma on the playground was taken off life support. Considering this bullying epidemic, would you teach your kids to fight?
New Rites of Passage for Young Men
March 3, 2013 By 1 Comment
How to create meaningful rites that young men want to experience.
Let’s Call Bullying What It Is. Abuse.
March 3, 2013 By 2 Comments
Kevin DeSoto wants us to educate our children that all forms of abuse is wrong. And bullying is abuse.
Kirk Smalley Found A Mission After the Suicide of His Son
February 27, 2013 By 3 Comments
Kirk Smalley says, “I will fight bullying forever because my son will be 11 forever.”
Destabilizing the Bullying Power Structure
February 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We are all weird,” writes Seth Godin. And in that statement might just be the way to end bullying.
‘To This Day’ – Animated Anti-Bullying Video Will Change You
February 21, 2013 By 5 Comments
To This Day is a project based upon a spoken word poem by Shane Koyczan, who was taunted and bullied as a kid. Animators were invited to illustrate 20 seconds of the poem, which was woven together to create this masterpiece.
Beware the Fat-Fearing-Fanatics
February 18, 2013 By 5 Comments
Natalie Gold is tired of listening to the same old myths about overweight people.
Online Anger: Where It Comes From and How to Control It
February 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
You don’t want to be one of those screaming jerks online, but anger lives in all of us. Andrea Weckerle provides some practical advice on not being that jerk.
“How Can I Improve My Relationship With My Boyfriend’s Family?”
February 8, 2013 By 1 Comment
My boyfriend’s family was so close to his former fiancée. Will they ever accept me?
“These men did not expect to live, and now they are learning how to try and live again.”
This comment is by Adam McPhee on Kile Ozier’s post, “Good Grief”.