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WEBSITES ABOUT BULLYING
For Adults
KidPower.org - Provides information about bullying, as well as an anti-bullying curriculum for schools.
StopBullying.gov - Government run website that educates adults about bullying and helps parents, kids, educators and community members find ways to stop it.
For Kids
Gang Up For Good - A site targetting girls, that encourages kindness through Twitter feeds, kindness challenges, videos, and a lot of other cool stuff. Looks like a great site for the 9 through 14 crowd!
"I Choose" - Challenges students to make a personal choice to not bully others, and to defend those who are bullied. Shares true stories about bullying, videos, news, and even awareness wristbands!
Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center - Site geared towards kids, with advice, videos, stories, news, and resources about bullying. Includes "spinoff" sites: Teens Against Bullying and Kids Against Bullying.
Reach Out - A supportive site for kids going through bullying and other tough situations. Includes forums, advice, stories, and a hotline.
Stomp Out Bullying - A site geared towards helping teens change each other's attitudes about bullying.
For Adults
KidPower.org - Provides information about bullying, as well as an anti-bullying curriculum for schools.
StopBullying.gov - Government run website that educates adults about bullying and helps parents, kids, educators and community members find ways to stop it.
For Kids
Gang Up For Good - A site targetting girls, that encourages kindness through Twitter feeds, kindness challenges, videos, and a lot of other cool stuff. Looks like a great site for the 9 through 14 crowd!
"I Choose" - Challenges students to make a personal choice to not bully others, and to defend those who are bullied. Shares true stories about bullying, videos, news, and even awareness wristbands!
Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center - Site geared towards kids, with advice, videos, stories, news, and resources about bullying. Includes "spinoff" sites: Teens Against Bullying and Kids Against Bullying.
Reach Out - A supportive site for kids going through bullying and other tough situations. Includes forums, advice, stories, and a hotline.
Stomp Out Bullying - A site geared towards helping teens change each other's attitudes about bullying.
POSITIVE ACTIVITIESS TO GET KIDS INVOLVED IN
When school is the only place in a kid's life where they interact with peers, being rejected and teased by those peers is devastating. If a kid is involved in other activities where he has more positive interactions with peers, it can help keep his self-esteem from plummetting, and give him the confidence to face the bullies at school. Looking for something to get involved in? Here are some organizations I know of. (Your local area may offer even more resources... look for churches, park districts, social service agencies, etc.)
4-H - You may think 4-H is just for farm kids, but it actually has programs that focus on citizenship, science, arts and humanities, and health and fitness.
Boy Scouts - Traditional organization that teaches boys about wilderness, citizenship, fitness, and leadership.
Campfire USA - An organization dedicated to preparing kids for life. Offers afterschool programs, clubs that are similar to scouting, family clubs, camps and outdoor education, youth leadership programs, and more, for kids ages 5 to 17.
Earth Champs/ Earth Scouts = An organization that encourages children to learn about and care for the earth.
Exploring - If your child is 14 or older, and has an idea of what he wants to be when he grows up, he can start exploring that career! Explorers get to learn about the career. They have programs on everything from carpentry, to fire fighting, to social services, to aviation!
Frontier Girls - This alternative to Girl Scouts is for girls ages 3 to 18. THey focus on life skills, leadership, character building, teamwork and service to others.
Girl Scouts - They're not your mother's scouts anymore! Girl Scouts focuses on teaching girls to be strong, independent citizens who learn and care about the world around them. They still still sing songs and sell cookies, but they also explore careers
Navigators USA - "As a Navigator I promise to do my best to create a world free of prejudice and ignorance. To treat people of every race, creed, lifestyle and ability with dignity and respect. To strengthen my body and improve my mind to reach my full potential. To protect our planet and preserve our freedom." This program is for boys and girls, ages 7 to 18, and teaches them to see beautiy and wonder in the world, and to have great character. They start out as young children playing games, doing arts and crafts, etc... and as they get older, become leaders, running the program themselves.
SpiralScouts - This began as the Pagan version of Scouting, if you can believe it... it offered an alternative to scouting for children who were not from Christian backgrounds. It is now open to all children. The focus is on tolerance, learning about other cultures, teaching kids to make their own decisions, and caring for nature. Its for ages 3 to 18.
YMCA - Every YMCA is different, but many offer programs such as Adventure Guides (formerly Indian Guides/Indian Princesses) which is also sort of like scouting but with an emphasis on family, camps, mentoring, tutoring, and youth leadership programs. Most YMCAs offer financial aid and sliding scale fee memberships.
When school is the only place in a kid's life where they interact with peers, being rejected and teased by those peers is devastating. If a kid is involved in other activities where he has more positive interactions with peers, it can help keep his self-esteem from plummetting, and give him the confidence to face the bullies at school. Looking for something to get involved in? Here are some organizations I know of. (Your local area may offer even more resources... look for churches, park districts, social service agencies, etc.)
4-H - You may think 4-H is just for farm kids, but it actually has programs that focus on citizenship, science, arts and humanities, and health and fitness.
Boy Scouts - Traditional organization that teaches boys about wilderness, citizenship, fitness, and leadership.
Campfire USA - An organization dedicated to preparing kids for life. Offers afterschool programs, clubs that are similar to scouting, family clubs, camps and outdoor education, youth leadership programs, and more, for kids ages 5 to 17.
Earth Champs/ Earth Scouts = An organization that encourages children to learn about and care for the earth.
Exploring - If your child is 14 or older, and has an idea of what he wants to be when he grows up, he can start exploring that career! Explorers get to learn about the career. They have programs on everything from carpentry, to fire fighting, to social services, to aviation!
Frontier Girls - This alternative to Girl Scouts is for girls ages 3 to 18. THey focus on life skills, leadership, character building, teamwork and service to others.
Girl Scouts - They're not your mother's scouts anymore! Girl Scouts focuses on teaching girls to be strong, independent citizens who learn and care about the world around them. They still still sing songs and sell cookies, but they also explore careers
Navigators USA - "As a Navigator I promise to do my best to create a world free of prejudice and ignorance. To treat people of every race, creed, lifestyle and ability with dignity and respect. To strengthen my body and improve my mind to reach my full potential. To protect our planet and preserve our freedom." This program is for boys and girls, ages 7 to 18, and teaches them to see beautiy and wonder in the world, and to have great character. They start out as young children playing games, doing arts and crafts, etc... and as they get older, become leaders, running the program themselves.
SpiralScouts - This began as the Pagan version of Scouting, if you can believe it... it offered an alternative to scouting for children who were not from Christian backgrounds. It is now open to all children. The focus is on tolerance, learning about other cultures, teaching kids to make their own decisions, and caring for nature. Its for ages 3 to 18.
YMCA - Every YMCA is different, but many offer programs such as Adventure Guides (formerly Indian Guides/Indian Princesses) which is also sort of like scouting but with an emphasis on family, camps, mentoring, tutoring, and youth leadership programs. Most YMCAs offer financial aid and sliding scale fee memberships.