Wednesday, December 5, 2012
An educational presentation on bullying and cyberbullying for parents at Belmont's Chenery auditorium from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Just a decade ago, the most likely place to find children bullying their peers was on school playgrounds and in the halls. Today, technology has created an entire new arena for students, as young as those in elementary school, to target and torment their fellow classmates: in on-line communities such as Facebook and via text messages. On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Chenery Middle School auditorium, Dr. Elizabeth Englander – who has been an important contributor to the national conversation on peer aggression in our schools and on-line – will speak on bullying and cyberbullying for Belmont parents. The talk is sponsored by the Foundation for Belmont Education. A professor of Psychology and director of the Massachusetts Aggression …
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
One parent is asking the holiday classic special to be removed from the airwaves because of a "bullying" theme. Do you agree?
Teasing or bullying? One parent is speaking out online against the Halloween classic program, "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," claiming the animated favorite actually condones bullying, according to a report on WCVB.com. The TODAY Show's Moms Blog reported this week that in a recent blog post on Babble.com, blogger DadCamp wrote that the show sends the wrong message to children because of its "continuous teasing and bullying": "The show is riddled with the kids calling each other stupid, dumb, and blockheads," DadCamp wrote. "Charlie Brown is supposed to be the hero. Instead, he is kicked and demeaned at every turn, even by the adults giving out candy." Bishop goes on to argue the Charlie Brown specials have nothing of value to …
Friday, November 18, 2011
Dr. Elizabeth Englander explains issue and advises parents during seminar at Chenery Middle School.
Some children have always been mean to others their age and that has continuously been a fact of life. But what is occurring now, in schools and online, is different from what many of us saw or experienced while growing up and requires other ways of mitigating the problem. Over 100 parents, along with educators and members of the Belmont School Committee, were at the Chenery Middle School’s auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 17 where Dr. Elizabeth Englander, director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University, spoke about bullying and its accompanying form via the Internet. Her presentation, sponsored by the Foundation for Belmont Education, included an explanation of student behavior and peer aggression in …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Understanding all types of aggressive behavior and responding to those situations.
Parents of students in the Belmont School District are invited to hear Dr. Elizabeth Englander, professor of Psychology and director of the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State University, speak on bullying and cyberbullying on Thursday, Nov. 17, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Chenery Middle School auditorium. The presentation is free thanks to the generous support of the Foundation for Belmont Education. The public is welcome to attend. The parent presentation will emphasize practical, concrete knowledge about student behavior and peer aggression. This knowledge will help parents gain a better understanding of what bullying is and how they can work with their children and partner with schools to prevent and …
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1:01 pm on Thursday, November 1, 2012
Charlie Brown is great for kids! Not showing any form of bullying in any media will not magically make it cease to exist, in fact, it will probably make bullied kids feel more alienated from their peers. Conversations about what happened when instances of sexism, bullying, violence, etc should happen! You can't just let the television parent your children for you! On a separate rant, I'm sorry … more ›