News Anchor Jennifer Livingston, 37, an anchor at WKBT-TV in Wisconsin, received an email last week from a viewer criticizing her size. “Obesity is one of the worst choices a person can make and one of the most dangerous habits to maintain,” the viewer said. “I leave you this note hoping that you’ll reconsider your …
I am always talking to parents about the control they think they have over their teenagers. The bottom line is they have none. If a teen wants to do something, they will find a way to do it, whether their parents tell them to do it or not. This is why I work with the …
Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition ofMy Feet Aren’t Ugly“I was bullied a lot in middle school and it took my confidence completely away. I think kids bully because they have low self-esteem and need to make others feel worse than them.” This is a comment made from a teenager in high school about …
Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “When I was bullied I felt like an outcast, someone who no one would ever care about or didn’t even know existed. I feel very badly for kids who get bullied and I actually feel badly for the bully because obviously they have …
Parents, encouraging your teen to fight won’t solve the bullying problem. This week, it came to light that a Long Island mother actually encouraged her daughter to fight another girl in school as a response to online bullying. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/09/mom-arrested-for-egging-on-schoolyard-fight-caught-on-tape-speaks-out/ Fighting isn’t a way to protect yourself from bullying, it is only a way to get …
