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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: Why kids turn violent: My CNN report and the solutions

Posted: January 3rd, 2010 by Michele Borba

This week CNN asked me to comment on why children turn violent. The CNN HLN news story involved an 11 year old Florida girl and her 15 year old boyfriend who are accused of plotting to kill the girl’s mother by pouring gasoline on her bed and bedroom floor, and then igniting it while the [...]

Michele Borba:Bullying increasing: Signs if your child is bullied and what to do

Posted: October 18th, 2009 by Michele Borba

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REALITY CHECK: Research finds that 49 percent of kids say they’ve been bullied at least once or twice during the school term, but only 32 percent of their parents believed them.
One study found that one out of every four children will be bullied by another youth in school this month. If your child is [...]