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Topic: Bullying and Violence

When relationships turn ugly or dangerous, you need help. How do you recognize the difference between teasing and bullying? How can you protect yourself and those you love from bullying and violence?

Articles contain the statistics, research, and background to help you make an informed decision.

Rocky Student-teacher Relationships Make for Challenging Situations

When students feel their teachers hate them, it can cause a lot of anger in children. Intervene by offering suggestions on how to improve student-teacher relationships.

Teach Children to Cope with Social Violence and All Types of Bullying

Social violence at school can create all sorts of disruptive adolescent behaviors and physical health problems. Help teach your children to stop bullying now--and this means all types of bullying.

Research Round-up: Gender Talk

When it comes to education, gender issues are intensely researched. Some recent findings shed light on how to get boys to read and girls to take more math and science.

Teaching Character from the Bleachers: Sportsmanship vs. Social Violence

Social violence from parents at kids' sporting events may be a symptom of parent stress, but it's setting a poor example for kids. These tips may help return civility to the bleachers.

Sibling Rivalry Causes Anger in Children

While adolescent behaviors such as sibling rivalry are normal, they can make an adult nervous about the safety of a child. Aggression and anger in children should be met with compassion and attention.

Parent's Discipline Helps Kids Stand Up to Peer Pressure

A parent's discipline is part of teaching character to kids. Positive adolescent parenting gives kids the tools they need to resist peer pressure while practicing values that are important to them and the family.

Adolescent Behaviors: Facts About Violence and Teens

What do you know about teen violence? Get the facts about violence-related adolescent behaviors. Learn which factors correlate to increased teen violence and which to decreased child aggression.

Helping Kids Make Sense of Violence and Bad News on TV

Give your children unlimited access to the news on television and violence -- graphic and disturbing -- will be part of their daily life. It's a scary world out there. Kids need their parents' help to make sense of what they ...

Education Current Issues: Teaching Tolerance

Creating a tolerant school climate and teaching children behaviors that respect all cultures is one of the top education current issues. These social strategies offer guidelines.

Bullying, Other Fears Cause Stress in Children

Parents may not realize all of the fears that cause stress in children. Bullies, strangers, even Chuck E Cheese can be frightening. Listen and learn how to help them cope.

A Toddler Learning About Conflict May Show Aggression

Strict toddler discipline may not be the best answer to child aggression. Working through conflict is a normal baby activity in early child development stages.

Manners for Kids: Responding to Children Using Foul Language

All parents cringe when their child lets loose a string of profanities. While parents must teach manners for kids, not over-reacting is the best response.

Stress in Children: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Disasters like Hurricane Katrina, which struck Louisiana in August 2005, are hard for children to understand. Learn ways parents can help decrease stress in children in the face of tragedy.

Respond to Slow Child Social Development

Do you have a shy child? Social development is challenging for some and can cause stress in children. Review these signs and solutions if you're looking for ways to change shy adolescent behaviors.

Let Nature Sooth Stress in Children

It's an age-old tactic: Turn to nature to relieve stress in children and to create fun family activities. Everyone needs nature and child development research shows nature offers kids better focus and self-discipline.

Teenager's Stories: What I Learned the Hard Way about Teenage Peer Pressure

One student shares her real-life story filled with advice for teenagers on how to identify real friends. She shares how teenage peer pressure destroyed a friendship and caused other problems.

Girls Who Bully: What, When, Where, Why, and How

Many types of bullying and social violence occur among girls. Ignoring it puts all our kids at risk. Learn why girls bully and how you can help your child understand and combat bullying.

Bullying Information Resource List for Girls

Discover the best resources for bullying information to help your daughter deal with a bully or stop being one. You will find everything you need to stop bullying now, including books, Web sites, and seminars.

What Is Cyber Bullying and How Can I Protect My Daughter?

Using computers and cell phones to torment others is putting teens at risk of cyber bullying. This article on cyber bullying is a must-read for every parent.

Boys Who Bully: What, When, Where, Why, and How

Just because we know that many types of bullying occur at our kids’ schools doesn’t mean this type of social violence is harmless. Far from it! Learn why boys bully and how you can help your son if he is a victim of bullying.

What Is Cyber Bullying and How Can I Protect My Son?

Find out what cyber bullying is and why this form of bullying can be so attractive to bullies. This article on cyber bullying is a must-read for every parent because computers and cell phones put all teens at risk of cyber bu...

Bullying Information Resource List for Boys

Discover the best resources for helping boys deal with bullies and for schools and communities to stop bullying before it starts. You’ll find various resources, including books, Web sites, seminars, and curricula.

Real Life Story: Mean Girls Rule

Bullying can cause stress in children, especially when you’re in a group that bullies and are trying to get out. Here’s one girl’s struggle for freedom.

When Is Bullying Sexual Harassment?

Cross-gender bullying and sexual harassment are serious issues for kids. Flirting is normal teenage behavior, but what happens when teens cross the line?

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