| By: Committee for Children Internet Safety Tips—Keeping Youth Safe Online We all know that bullying is a problem in schools. But now that many students have their own computers and cell phones and are interacting more and more online, they may be at increased risk of exposure to a new form of harassment: cyber bullying.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Bystander Skills to Prevent Bullying—Activity Grades 3–8—Bystanders to bullying are adversely affected. These five activities for upper elementary and middle school students help develop Bystander Skills.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Bullying or Joking?—Activity Grades 6–8—In this activity, middle school students come up with bullying situations between friends, then come up with actions they can take to help stop bullying.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Friendship-Making—Activity Grades 3–8—In this activity meant for kids from elementary through middle school, students practice what to say and how to break the ice as a way of getting to know others when beginning a new friend.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Class Coat of Arms—Activity Grades K-8—This activity from the Second Step Bullying Prevention Unit is a great way to strengthen that supportive class climate, not to mention an opportunity for a history lesson in coats of arms and their meanings.Read More
| By: Committee for Children Inclusive Communities—Activity Grades K-5—This activity helps students learn to be inclusive during group play, what it feels like to be left out, and how to invite others to join in. Read More
| By: Joan Cole Duffell Response to Charlottesville: A Call for Empathy and Inclusion from Joan Cole Duffell The terrible events in Charlottesville and the news stories and conversations of the past week are weighing on our minds here at Committee for Children. Such hatred, violence, and intolerance can only be extinguished by working together now to buiRead More
| By: Rachel Kamb Class Meeting: Different from You—Activity Grades 6-8—This exercise helps middle school students talk about what may be challenging about understanding other people’s differences and how to accept and celebrate them.Read More
| By: Kelly Doscher Committee for Children and UW Sponsor 7th Annual Bullying Research Network Think Tank On July 27–28, 2017, Committee for Children and the University of Washington co-hosted the seventh annual Bullying Research Network Think Tank in Seattle, WA. The topic of discussion was “Translational Research in Cyberbullying: What We Know aRead More
| By: Carol Wood The Bully Pulpit Introduction Fifteen years ago, few states had explicit legislation aimed to reduce bullying. Today every state in the country has adopted policies to minimize bullying. Overall, 28 percent of students reported being victimRead More