24 Websites On What To Do About Bullying
24 Websites on What To Do About Bullying
This post is in memory of Phoebe Prince who was born on the 24th day of November in 1994. Phoebe committed suicide in 2010 after being assaulted by six teenagers. Her case led to the adoption of stricter anti-bullying laws by the Masachusetts state legislature.
Several months ago, we explored what to do about bullying. Below are some important, leading resources on the changing nature of harassment in schools and online, including a wealth of advice on what to do if you or someone you know is being mistreated.
1. Teens Against Bullying – This site was specifically created to help teens learn what to do about bullying and how to prevent it.
2. Kids Against Bullying – This site was created especially for elementary school children. It helps equip them for how to deal with bullying, how to appropriately respond to it and how to prevent it.
3.STOMP Out Bullying! – This is a national anti-bullying and cyberbullying program for kids and teens.
4. National Youth Advocacy Coalition– This organization helps young people learn to advocate for themselves to get the help they need.
5. Trevor Project – This organization provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention for teens struggling with sexual identity or gender. They also offer the Trevor Lifeline, a 24-hour, national crisis and suicide prevention hotline for LGBTQ youth: 1-866-4-U-Trevor.
6. Peace First – Peace First is a national nonprofit that teaches young people the critical skills of conflict resolution, cooperation, and civic engagement. Peace First aims to create safer schools and communities by developing students’ abilities to demonstrate compassion, stand up for others and see themselves as leaders.
7. Bullying .org – This organization intends to prevent bullying in our society through education and awareness. It provides educational programs and resources to individuals, families, educational institutions and organizations who deal with mistreatment in their communities.
8. Eyes on Bullying – This organization offers information about bullying along with resources, websites, teleseminars and activities that teach skills for preventing and coping with bullying.
9.Dear Bully – This resource shares the stories of 70 authors who have experienced bullying.
10. Anti-Bullying Alliance – This website prepares children, parents, and teachers to be proactive against the mistreatment of others.
11. Raven Days – This site collects and shares real-life stories from victims of bullying and their parents and provides many valuable resources for bullying victims.
12. Bullying Online – This is a comprehensive, anti-bullying website that provides advice to parents, kids, teachers, and youth leaders. In a unique offering, it provides help and support for the bully who needs to outgrow harassing and demeaning behavior.
13. Stop Bullying Now – This website from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services includes “webisodes” that portray hypothetical bullying situations, with questions and ideas for reflection.
14. Anti-Bullying Network – This Scottish website offers detailed information on bullying related to school communities and outlines the common consequences of bullying behavior.
15. Stop Bullying Me – This Canadian website suggests thoughtful tips for targets of bullying and their parents.
16. The SCRE Centre: Bullying at School Information – This is an additional Scottish website related bullying, consisting of interesting quotes from those targeted by bullying as well as from bullies, parents and teachers.
17. Maine Project Against Bullying – This site is maintained by a Maine-based organization that performs studies and conducts surveys to gain insights into bullying. It also helps measure the effectiveness of various bullying resources.
18. International Bullying Prevention Association – This site reflects the mission of the International Bullying Prevention Association, which seeks to support and enhance research-based bullying prevention techniques to inspire safe school climates, healthy work environments and civic responsibility.
19. Bullying. No Way! – This is a user-friendly, interactive website for kids and adults. One of it’s unique features is the “chill out” space.
20. Talk Helps – This interactive site for children presents hypothetical scenarios from various points of view (for example, the bully, the person who is targeted and the parent).
21. McGruff.org: Dealing with Bullying – These classroom activities from McGruff hope to teach elementary students about how to recognize and respond to bullying before it happens.
22. Bully Free Kids – This site lists daily “Bully Free Living” tips, which provide brief, to the point advice about how to improve one’s self-esteem.
23.Beatbullying – This is a kid-led, kid-authored organization dedicated to creating “a society where bullying is unacceptable”
24. Dealing with Bullying – A well-designed website for kids and their communities, with suggestions for how to take action to stop bullying.
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