/newsroom/taxonomy/term/7455/all en /newsroom/channels/news/bystanders-cyberbullying-288182 <p>Your child is in elementary school and is begging you to buy them a cell phone, an iPod and iPad.  Anything, as long as they can communicate with their friends, either by texting or through social media.  As a parent, you’re worried about cyberbullying.  Indeed, up to 30% of children and adolescents admit to cyberbullying others, while 25% of students report being victimized on electronic platforms.  You rationalize that your child has lots of friends and that they will stand up for them in a bullying situation.  Do they?  What is the role of the bystander/friend during a bullying incident?</p> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:29:01 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 62674 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/teaching-practices-could-play-important-role-preventing-bullying-268236 <p>Classrooms that encourage competition between students may inadvertently be creating settings where bullying is more likely to take place. That’s one of the conclusions that can be drawn from work led by ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ researchers Maria Di Stasio and Robert Savage, who recently published a paper on the subject in the <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014019711630135X"><em>Journal of Adolescence.</em></a> But it’s only part of the story.</p> Fri, 19 May 2017 18:51:39 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 29798 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/youth-violence-global-scale-256857 <p>Most comprehensive look at youth violence on a global scale Wed, 18 Nov 2015 20:38:47 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 24796 at /newsroom