Baby NamesStop the Bullying … Now!
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services just launched a new website geared towards learning all about bullying and what you can do to stop it.
Their motto is: “Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!”
Here’s a sample video from the website. For all the rest, visit the website at: STOP THE BULLYING NOW!
The website is broken up into two sections: A Section for ADULTS and one for KIDS. & features:
- “webisodes”
- games
- “Ask the Experts”
- Character pages to bring life to the topic.
Cyber-Bullying
With what seems like a sharp curve upwards in the amount of bullying in the news headlines, and the increased commentary on more subtle forms of bullying through social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter…. …, this topic is sure to be a hot-button conversation through your child’s pre-teen and teen years.
Stop the Bullying Now takes a good at cyberbullying in their Webisode 5. There are many ways that young people bully each other, even if they don’t realize it at the time.
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- How Social Media Changes Things – Online Bullying, Mean Girls, and Cowards!
Extra Comments:
- Illustrations are great!
- The site has a “Youth Expert Panel” complete with bios. I’m assuming these kids are real and not fictional.
- Want to see if you are a bully? check out http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/signs-that-you-bully.aspx
- Baseball-Hat-Tip to The Online Mom for spotting this site first.
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