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Facebook, Cartoon Network to Help Prevent Bullying

It appears all the attention given to both cyberbullying and traditional bullying in the news lately has finally sparked a desire for change among the media and social networks.

Facebook, for example, recently announced that it is joining forces with the national parent-teachers’ association to promote internet safety through resources for youth, parents, and schools.

According to a recent Teacher’s Magazine article, Facebook and the National PTA will work together to create a program to provide information about issues such as cyberbullying, good online citizenship, and Internet security.

Facebook is not alone in its efforts to reduce bullying, however.  Cartoon Network announced last month that they plan to use their influence among young people, especially middle-schoolers, to start a new campaign focused on educating bystanders to take action to prevent bullying.

The campaign will launch in October, 2010 and feature on-air PSAs directing viewers to online resources for both youth and adults.  CNN, a sister station to Cartoon Network, will also air feature stories on bullying to help educate viewers on ways that bystanders can initiate change.

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Reduce and Monitor Children’s Television Viewing

Relationship skills are taking a back seat to watching TV and videos and playing video games. Children are not interacting with each other to build necessary social skills. Children bring their computer games to school, which further decreases interactive games and activities. Preschool and primary school teachers repeatedly tell me that children are coming to school without basic social skills. These teachers believe that the media play a large role in this situation. The TV is a wonderful baby-sitter! The price we pay for that “baby-sitter” is costing our children the ability to develop socially.

Adapted from Free the Children! Conflict Education for Strong, Peaceful Minds, by Susan Gingras Fitzell, copyright 1997 Gabriola Island, BC, Canada, and Stony Creek, CT: New Society Publishers

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