How Cyberbullying Affects Children

Little research has explored the possible effects of cyberbullying on 

children.  


When students are asked how they believe cyberbullying affected 

them, they indicate that it made them sad and unwilling to attend 

school (Raskauskas & Stoltz, 2007).

A survey of middle and high school students

found that children who were cyber 

"bully/victims" (had cyberbullied others and 

also had been cyberbullied) had the highest 

rates of anxiety, depression and school 

absences compared to cyber "bullies", cyber 

"victims" and children who weren't involved 

in cyberbullying.  


This link will provide information for both parents and kids: Stop Bullying Now

The Science of Love

While we would like to believe we have control, our brain deserves the credit or blame for how we feel when we fall in love.

Many people would like to maintain the power and passion of early love, but most long term relationships will morph into a more stable state.  

Read about our the effect of our brain chemistry on falling in love in an interesting article by Jeffrey Kluger in a special edition of Time Magazine.

Parents delay kindergarten. Boys are redshirted.

What do you think about more and more children starting school almost six? Redshirting used to describe a college athlete sitting out his freshman year. Now the term is being used for kids starting kindergarten. Studies differ about whether there is a benefit to starting kindergarten at six. Click on the link at The Daily Beast for the full article.