Prominent US online-risk researcher David Finkelhor says there’s no evidence to support fears that the Internet increases youth risk and, in fact, there’s evidence suggesting the opposite. By Anne Collier Referred to variously as technopanic, predator...
By Anne Collier Right from the proverbial horse’s mouth, so hear this: that social and emotional learning (SEL) has brought academic gains “that equal the results of many programs focused exclusively on academics … is one of the most important...
By Anne Collier Delete them, plain and simple. That’s what criminology professor Justin Patchin at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire advises teens in his blog. Parents, this is not what you’ll hear from law enforcement people or school personnel...
By Anne Collier When I read “6 parenting rules for raising a critical thinker” by parent, author and child advocate Marjie Knudsen – who I had the pleasure of meeting last fall at the International Bullying Prevention Association conference in Seattle – I...
By Anne Collier I don’t think research on this exists, but it looks like a lot of schools are still laboring under the misconception that they can’t do anything about bullying among students that’s “off-campus” because online. School...
