Sunday, October 28th, 2012
by familycircle
Guest blogger Jay Asher, author of the young adult novel
Thirteen Reasons Why, on how to respond when someone who’s been bullied reaches out to you.
I speak at high schools and libraries across the country. It can be so inspiring to hear directly from my readers, both teens and adults,...
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Saturday, October 27th, 2012
by familycircle
Guest blogger Bob Balaban on the documentary Bully and bullying prevention.
In my new children’s book series,
The Creature from the Seventh Grade, protagonist Charlie Drinkwater is mercilessly taunted by his oversize nemesis, Craig Dieterly. Although much of the book is inspired by my own childhood experiences, I am happy...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2012
by Christina Tynan-Wood
Wouldn't it be great to come home from work and discover that the kids had cooked a wonderful dinner and all I had to do was gush praise and eat? (And maybe do some dishes.) They have a bit more time in the afternoons several days a week than...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman
Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman offers advice on having "the sex talk" with kids for Planned Parenthood's
Let's Talk Month.
Pornography: It’s the reason kids are uncomfortable talking to their parents about sex.
That’s what immediately came to mind when I read the
Categories: Family Life, Parenting Advice by Rosalind Wiseman, Parenting Teens & Tweens, The Sex Talk
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
by Rosalind Wiseman
Teen parenting expert Rosalind Wiseman answers your tough questions.
A year ago AC360’s town hall special
Bullying: It Stops Here premiered. Several experts (myself included) and wonderful, brave children participated that day, and we showed clips of
Bully, an extraordinary documentary profiling five young people who had been bullied. Working on...
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