BRRC Blog Articles
Covid-19 and Cyberbullying
As an Executive Director for a bullying advocacy and recovery charity, I have read article after article about the increase in cyberbullying. As our children switched their schooling to exclusively online learning, the bullying left the schoolyards and became more...
Slow Your Roll – Minimizing Rumors and Gossip
Gossip and rumors are forms of bullying and fall under the category of relational bullying. In my opinion, this type of bullying can become the most devastating of all. It is the most difficult to prove and detect and can leave damage that can last much longer than...
“Not Cool!” And Other Tools to Stop a Bully in Their Tracks
Standing up to a bully and being an upstander for others can be downright terrifying for children. It takes tremendous courage, timing and very likely practice to be effective. In the heat of the moment it could be incredibly helpful to be armed with a few phrases...
Vigilance against Cyberbullying
Just because school is suspended and we are all staying at home doesn’t mean that bullying has stopped. As we move the classroom and the school yard from schools to on-line, we move the bullies there as well. Now more than ever, we need to monitor our children’s...
6 Tips for Parents to Report Bullying
Adapted from Addressing and Preventing Classroom Bullying by Barbara Coloroso Because most bullying occurs under the radar, as parents and caregivers, you may be the first to know what is happening to your child. You can be allies in the effort to intervene. It is...
Bullying Legislation in Colorado – The Time is Now
Most experts will agree that bullying that occurs in schools is at an epidemic level. According to www.stopbullying.gov, between 1 in 4 and 1 in 3 U.S. students say they have been bullied at school. There is a litany of research telling us that a child who has been...