Raising Kids Who Aren't Bullies: How Parents Can Teach Kindness, Empathy, and Respect No parent wants to think their child could be the one picking on someone else. We spend so much time teaching our children to stand up for themselves, make friends, and feel confident. But how do we teach them to make sure other children feel safe, included, and respected, too? Raising kids who aren't bullies starts long before bullying becomes a problem. It begins with the everyday conversa

Few things are harder for a parent than learning that their child is being hurt, excluded, or targeted by other children. As a parent myself, it's truly a challenge to think of anything worse. Whether it's happening on the playground, in the classroom, on the bus, or through social media, discovering that your child is being bullied can leave you feeling angry, heartbroken, and unsure of what to do next. You want to protect your child. You want the behavior to stop. And you

I recently published THIS post on facebook. It went viral! (Well as viral as a CCTS post is gonna get). People LOVED it, and it makes sense - who doesn't want to support students? Anyway, I took local high school mascots and turned it into what we can learn from that Mascot about mental health. Disclaimer: there are 500 public school districts in Pennsylvania. I'm so sorry I can't cover every one of them! I want to, I promise. But I can't. The School districts covered here

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