
My First Year as a Facebook Group Admin
A few years back, I started a Facebook group for the parents at my daughter’s grade school. I wanted a place where parents could look for information on what was happening at the school and be able to discuss anything that concerned our kids, even if it didn’t necessarily pertain to what happened at school. I could have chosen to create a Facebook page instead, but I decided against it because that wouldn’t give us the privacy that I felt people would appreciate. I wanted pri

Seven Things Parents Can do about Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying. It’s a topic that has been in the news quite a lot lately. Unfortunately, most of the stories are about the negative consequences after it happens. Cases such as Rebecca Sedwick and Amanda Todd make the news and go viral. However, for each person that is subject to cyberbullying and make the news, there are many more that go unreported, even to their parents. Plus, keep in mind that kids are not the only victims of cyberbullying. I know a woman who runs a succe