by Carol A. Josel | Dec 4, 2010 | Articles
Video games: absorbing, interactive, potentially addictive, and, on many occasion, violent—and therein lies much of the problem. That’s because many experts believe the brutality our children are exposed to desensitizes them and contributes to aggressive and...
by Carol A. Josel | Dec 1, 2010 | Articles
Being mean has gone viral, spreading from school yards and buses to the Internet, causing countless children to despair—even commit suicide—victims of bullying, cyber and otherwise. As a result, forty-four states have now instituted their own anti-bullying laws, and...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 13, 2010 | Academics
Parents are stepping aside, relegating what once was seen as a mom and/or dad imperative to a relative stranger known as a homework helper. Really–and not to be confused with a tutor. A tutor comes to the task with a specific expertise or two. For instance,...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 13, 2010 | Articles
Bullying certainly made headlines after Columbine in April,1999, but it’s taken on added urgency now in light of a recent spate of children who have taken their own lives–quite literally hounded to death. Even President Obama has made it a priority. As he has...
by Carol A. Josel | Nov 13, 2010 | Articles
Child’s play has gone viral, as even five- and six-year-olds are getting on the cyberbullying bandwagon, sending out hurtful messages without so much as a second thought and causing some of our children to view suicide as their only way out of the pain inflicted on...
