Author Archive for: BTTM
Entries by BTTM
A Parent’s Best Weapon Against Cyberbullying: Being an Actual Parent
Another day, another cyberbullying, online safety tragedy. This one happened early September 2013 when a beautiful 12 year old – Rebecca Sedwick, died by suicide in Lakeland Florida. She had been the victim of relentless IRL (in real life) and online cyberbullying. Apparently she dated the wrong girl’s boyfriend. Fourteen year old Guadalupe Shaw bullied […]
Adults and Kids: Stop Being Stupid. The “Gonna-Be” Posts Are Going To Get You: Robbed, Kidnapped, Assaulted
If you’ve seen any of my live or online Internet Safety for Families presentations, you already know that I tend to lose my mind a little when talking about the “Gonna Be” posts. This is not a technical term, just an off-hand comment which stuck. Feel free to bandy it about at cocktail parties… “Gonna-Be” […]
A Cleveland Teen is Murdered After a Facebook Argument – aka Internet Safety Basics: DON’T Feed the Trolls
Have you heard the term: “Don’t feed the trolls”? Trolls are online bullies who generally show themselves in the comments section of a website or blog. But they can just as easily be found within your own social media profiles. In fact, younger users of social media may have a large percentage of trolls within […]
Entire High School Football Team Gets Suspended Because of Cyberbullying on Ask.fm
It’s not often that I offer a big “WELL DONE” to high school or college athletics in connection with a story about bullying of any kind. This might be the first time….hopefully not the last…. Matt Labrum, the head football coach at Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah found out that a non-football player at his school was […]
