On a regular day in school, Charleston, SC high school student, Imani Herring was approached by a fellow student who asked if she’d seen a tweet about her. Imani hadn’t and when she read the derogatory tweet from another student, Ashley Partick, she was immediately outraged, “If Imani Herring makes one more smart got dam […]

Twitter comic, Jenny Johnson was recently featured in Glamour (thank you Britni Danielle for spotting it), where she is praised for speaking her mind against R&B bad boy Chris Brown. The article’s title, “Speaking Your Mind? Always A Do” leads you to believe that the sailor-mouthed funny woman is a hero of sorts for standing […]

Bullying is a major concern for parents these days. Bullying has always had a presence amongst young people, but it has definitely reached a new level that no one could have ever imagined. Must Read: Chris Brown’s Best  Twitter Rants Of All Time Bullying has been the cause of many teen suicides in recent years. According to the […]

My mother just sent me a recent article on Purpose Driven.com about how we as parents should embrace our children’s uniqueness. This is so true. I think as parents we always want our children to be exactly like us and we fail to realize that our job isn’t to make them like us, but our […]

In an ideal world your child would come to you asking about profanity and words they may have heard at school, but the reality is they probably already know many of the socially constructed meanings of those words. This can be particularly challenging as a parent as you attempt to grapple for control over how […]

Chelisa Grimes gave her gay son, Darnell “Dynasty” Young, a stun gun to protect himself against bullies, after she lost faith that officials at Arsenal…

President Obama, speaking at the ‘White House Conference on Bullying Prevention’ this week, said that as a child he was bullied for his ‘big ears’ and his unusual name. He states that he ‘didn’t emerge unscathed’ from the torment, and stressed that ‘bullying is not a rite of passage for youth, but a practice that […]

With reports of numerous high school and college aged students getting bullied at school and then later committing suicide last year,  there was definitely a need for an organization that would attempt to put an end to bullying and sucide. The “It Gets Better” project launched last summer, and since then, many celebrities have jumped […]

Khloe Kardashian says she is still tormented by memories of her past. The reality star tells Life & Style Weekly magazine, that she was called ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ by other kids throughout her childhood and it was the love of her sisters that saved her. She says: “Having someone in your class call you fat, ugly, too […]

Bad behavior is a part of your child’s life, from throwing fits in the middle of your favorite clothing store, to starting fights or misbehaving during class. Children are prone to act out for a number of reasons. One main reason is that they are still within their developmental years. Young children are still learning […]

This is a plea to parents, teachers and any other adult who plays a role in a child’s life. In the past several weeks, there have various cases of young kids and teens committing suicide due to the constant bullying that they are experiencing at school. Thus far the reactions over their deaths have been […]