Cyberbullying: Understanding its effects, long-term mental health risks, and how to offer support to victims by Jason Crosby | Sep 15, 2023 | Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Media Use, Mental Health Topics In today’s interconnected world, the internet has brought many benefits, but it has also given rise to a disturbing phenomenon: cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a pervasive form of harassment that occurs online through digital platforms such as social media, messaging apps, and email. It involves the use of technology to target…
October is National Bullying Prevention Month: What can you do to help stop bullying? by Jason Crosby | Sep 10, 2023 | Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Children, Teens, & Adolescents, Mental Health Topics From elementary school through high school, many children experience bullying from their classmates every year. Bullying is harmful to all parties and can cause lingering emotional trauma that affects children well into adulthood. In an effort to protect kids and limit bullying’s damaging effects, October has been recognized as National…
Bullying: A guide for the bullied and their loved ones by Taylor Bennett | May 17, 2022 | Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Mental Health Topics When you think about bullying, you probably think about middle school or high school. Teenagers can be cruel after all, and it’s common for them to bully their weaker peers — shoving their victim against a locker (at least in the movies), teasing them in class, tripping them in the…
How to survive a viral punishment: Cancel culture stories of social sanctions and online shaming by Wistar Murray | Aug 17, 2021 | Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Community, Media Use, Mental Health Topics It wouldn’t surprise me if cavepeople worried about getting canceled. Steal someone’s share of the weekly mammoth meat and you’d probably be ostracized by the clan, forced to make your own fire in a lesser, lonelier cave. Until your people forgave your transgression and invited you back into the fold,…
In-person and virtual bullying in the workplace: Why and how employers should handle it by Arthur Gueli | Oct 12, 2020 | Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Mental Health Topics, Work & Careers Are some of your employees bullying others? As an employer, you might think that everyone in your team gets along well—but there might be bullying going on unnoticed. You may also feel that how people get along with one another is their business, not yours. However, you have a responsibility…
Fifteen percent of parents don’t know what cyberbullying is—do you? by Ian Garland | Feb 3, 2020 | Bullying Awareness & Prevention, Mental Health Topics, Parenting Cyberbullying has become increasingly common in recent years, with 59% of American teens facing some sort of online harassment during 2018. Despite this, around 15% of parents still haven’t heard of cyberbullying, and some of those who have don’t really understand what it entails. With this in mind, we’ll share…