Dateline on Bullying: ‘My Kids Would Never….Bully’
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Thanks to commenter Barbara Gibson for suggesting that I recommend this important Dateline episode about teen bullying. Parents...
View Article7.5 Million Underage Facebook Users — New Report
Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the past year, 7.5 million of them were younger than 13, according to projections from Consumer Reports’ latest State of the Net survey....
View Article‘Field of Vision’— New on Family Movie Night
The latest in the wonderful "Family Movie Night" series from Wal-Mart and P&G is "Field of Vision," the story of a high school football star who has to choose between his team and his conscience...
View ArticleBully
This is a message for Alex. You are a great kid. You will be a great, happy, successful adult. And those high school boys who torture you so brutally on the school bus every day will spend their...
View ArticleNew Book on Bullying from Emily Bazelon — Pre-Order for Special Extras
Emily Bazelon’s first book, Sticks and Stones, comes out this month. Her Slate series about bullying included illuminating research that altered the conventional narrative of some highly publicized...
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Interview: Writer-Director Anthony Joseph Giunta of “Contest”
I really enjoyed writer-director Anthony Joseph Giunta's first film, "Contest," a smart, funny, thoughtful story about high school bullying -- and a televised cooking competition. It was a pleasure to...
View ArticleInterview: Todd and Jedd Wider about the Bullying Documentary “Mentor”
Producers Todd and Jedd Wider generously took time to answer my questions about their documentary, "Mentor," the story of two teenagers who committed suicide following relentless bullying. The film,...
View ArticleInterview: Amy S. Weber of the Bullying Movie “A Girl Like Her”
Writer/director Amy S. Weber first became interested in the problem of bullying when she was producing educational films for young people in 1996, over about a 10 year period. "I was working with...
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