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Michele Borba Blog: TAKING ON BULLYING Step 2: How to Know If Bullying Is A Problem – Gathering Data

Posted: February 16th, 2010 by Michele Borba

Part 2: How to Stop Bullying Using Proven Strategies.
Let’s put an end to peer cruelty now! Here’s how….

Bullying Increasing In Industrialized Nations
Bullying among our youth is a significant problem–and it is steadily increasing. We also know that bullying is increasing in every industrialized nation: Japan, Canada, Australia, England, Finland…the list goes on. Not a [...]

Michele Borba Blog: Let’s Stop Bullying Using PROVEN Strategies-Here is Step 1. Are you with me?

Posted: February 15th, 2010 by Michele Borba

Bullying is a learned behavior that is on the rise. What’s more it is far more intense, occurs more frequently and at younger ages. U.S. National School Safety Center warns that bullying has become the “most enduring and underrated problem in American schools. One recent study prepared for the American Psychological Association showed that 80 percent of [...]

Michele Borba Blog: 9 Signs of Cyberbullying You Must Watch Out For in Kids

Posted: January 27th, 2010 by Michele Borba

What Parents Must Know to Prevent Another Tragedy and Save Our Children
This week we learned of yet another horrific youth tragedy that appeared to be prompted by relentless online bullying by peers. Phoebe Prince, a fifteen-year old Massachusetts high school student, committed suicide. South Hadley High Principal Daniel Smith called Prince “smart, charming, and as [...]