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Alone and Okay - Away From Strangers 
Description: This lesson plan addresses considerations for latchkey children when approached or contacted by strangers.
Alone and Okay - Fears, Loneliness and Boredom
Description: Children home alone often experience fear, loneliness and boredom. This lesson provides educators with tips and suggestions for latchkey children to help with these common issues.
Alone and Okay - Getting Along With Others
Description: Getting along with siblings and friends is difficult for some latchkey children. The tendency is for the children to contact a parent at work to "referee" the conflict by phone or e-mail. This lesson provides educators with tips to share with children on how to get along with people with whom they share a space.
Description: The first in a series, this lesson plan and others that follow provide tips on self care and safety for latchkey children. Suggested use of these lesson is by educators, adult and teen volunteers and parents.
Alone and Okay - Nutrition and Food Safety
Description: Food preparation for children who are home alone can be tricky. Some helpful precautions and suggestions are included in this lesson.
Description: This lesson plan covers telephone skills and practices for latchkey children.
Alone and Okay- Home Rules and Routines
Description: Established rules and routines are important to the self care and safety of latchkey children. This lesson suggests tips for educators to share with children who stay home alone.
Parent and Home Involvement in Schools
Description: In general, research findings over the past 30 years have consistently shown home involvement in schooling has a positive impact on youngster’s attitudes, aspirations, and achievement. The tasks ahead include expanding the focus beyond thinking only in terms of parents and expanding the range of ways in which schools connect with those in the home. In particular, more intensive efforts must focus on those in the home who have the greatest influence on a student’s well being and with whom it has proven difficult to connect. New approaches must be developed and evaluated to clarify how best to involve such hard-to-reach individuals.
Raising Resilient Children During Tough Economic Times
Description: Raising Resilient Children During Tough Economic Times highlights how the economic distress of parents can affect their children. It also outlines five strategies to help build resilience in youth, and includes a list of references and resources for parents and teachers. May be applicable for Gulf Oil Spill response or response to other catastrophic events such as flood, hurricane, earth quake, drought, wild fire, etc.
Reaching Out to Diverse Populations: What Can Schools Do to Foster Family-School Connections?
Author: Ferguson, Chris
Description: Most educators acknowledge that parent involvement is a critical factor in academic success, but many have been frustrated by a lack of participation among parents of different backgrounds. However, research has shown that no matter what their ethnic, cultural, or economic background, parents are interested in seeing their child succeed, though they often aren't sure how to help. A September 2005 strategy guide from the National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools aims to help bridge the school-family gap with suggestions on how to foster communication, create an inviting atmosphere for families, and use different cultural values to a school's advantage by building on them to connect with families.
Shoulder to Shoulder: Raising Teens Together
Description: Shoulder to Shoulder is dedicated to helping to make parenting easier by connecting fellow parents and caregivers, and sharing the insight of those who have been there before.
Description: Help your child make decisions about spending allowance money wisely. Publication includes game instructions and questions to begin discussion.
The Youth Connection: Oct/Nov 2003
Description: This issue highlights the subject of parenting. It includes articles dealing with youth risk behaviors, making strong parent-child connections, teens and sleep, and faith-based community organizations (1MB).
Wonderful Low Cost Summer Activities for Kids and Families
Description: Here are a number of wonderful low cost summer activities for kids and families that help families keep their hard-earned money in their pockets. Ideas for low or no-cost activities with children are equally applicable to child care settings.
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Harvard Family Research Project
Description: HFRP offers an exhaustive listing of HFRP's publications on early childhood care and education, family, parental involvement, school and community issues, evaluation and accountability information and professional development. Many are available for free download. The site also offers access to family involvement tools and resources via the FINE network (Family Involvement Network of Educators).
The Evaluation Exchange: Building the Future of Family Involvement
Description: "This double issue of The Evaluation Exchange examines the current state of and future directions for the family involvement field in research, policy, and practice. Featuring innovative initiatives, new evaluation approaches and findings, and interviews with field leaders, the issue is designed to spark conversation about where the field is today and where it needs to go in the future."
Author: Terzian, Mary (2 more by this author); Kassim Mbwana, M.P.P.
Description: This brief presents lessons learned from 47 parent-involvement programs that work, don't work or have mixed results for 12- to 17-year-olds.
Description: Child Trends synthesizes the findings from 47 rigorous evaluations of parent involvement interventions for adolescents to identify the components and strategies associated with successful programs and interventions.
Author: Mbwana, Kassim; Mary Terzian
Description: This brief presents lessons learned from 67 parent-involvement programs that work, don't work or have mixed results for 6- to 11-year-olds.
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A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain
Description: “Through the use of video, interactive segments, scenario-based role-playing experiences, and practical advice from experts, A Parent’s Guide to the Teen Brain explores the science behind teenage brain development and how it shapes normal teenage attitude and behavior.”
ABC's of Cyber Bullying for Students
Description: Tip sheet for students about cyberbullying
Cyber Bullying Quick Reference Guide for Parents
Description: Reference guide for parents about cyberbullying
Cyberbullying Fact Sheet: Cyberbullying and Sexual Orientation
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: Bullying based on sexual orientation or gender identity/expression has made headlines across the United States, and has been identified as a priority area for focus and attention by our federal government. This fact sheet examines data that specifically clarifies how bullying and cyberbullying are tied to sexual orientation, details civil rights implications for students, and explores a number of preventive strategies that can be implemented to safeguard sexual minority youth.
Cyberbullying Fact Sheet: Electronic Dating Violence
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: Electronic dating violence is “emotional or psychological harm in a romantic relationship perpetrated through the use of computers, cell phones, or other electronic devices.” Research has also shown that teenagers are at a higher risk than adults when it comes to abuse by intimates. Since the vast, vast majority of teens have embraced the use of computers and cell phones, we believe it is important to consider how this might be occurring via such devices. We explore this through research and discuss implications for youth and the adults that care for them in this fact sheet.
Cyberbullying: Identification, Prevention, and Response
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This document is a five-page summary - filled with as much useful information as possible - to equip educators and parents to spot cyberbullying, respond to it appropriately and meaningfully, and to prevent its future occurrence among the children and teenagers they care for. If you only have time to read one fact sheet from the Cyberbullying Research Center to get up-to-speed about the problem and what you can do, read this one.
Description: Tips for parents to deal with bullying.
Families with Teens: Information for Parents and Caregivers of Teens
Description: This website provides a variety of resources that offer helpful hints and support to parents and caregivers of teens.
Grow With Your Teens & Teach Values/Crezca con su adolescente y enséñele valores
Author: Ihnen, Karen (1 more by this author); Jodi Dworkin
Description: According to research, teens say that the beliefs, values and actions of their parents or close adults sink in. This fact sheet is available in both English and Spanish versions.
Healthy Teen Development: Ten Principles for Parenting Your Teen
Author: Greder, Kimberly (7 more by this author); Dr. Laurence Steinberg
Description: A one-page publication with 10 principles to keep in mind as you work with and/or parent teens.
Helping Children Achieve Success and Learn from Failure
Author: Clark, Lois (4 more by this author)
Description: This is a fact sheet on how to help children avoid being afraid of failure but rather to encourage them that they can learn from their mistakes.
Helping children leave the nest and gaining a better adult relationship
Author: Direnfeld, Gary (34 more by this author)
Description: This article is aimed at helping parents cope with their children growing up and leaving home.
Helping Your Teen Become a Safe Driver
Description: This fact sheet provides guidance for parents about teen driving.
Author: Direnfeld, Gary (34 more by this author)
Description: This article is aimed at helping parents determine if their teenager has a drug problem.
Nuestras Hijas y Nuestros Hijos
Description: Preguntas y respuestas para padres de gays, lesbianas y bisexuals (en espanol)
Description: This fact sheet provides information about obesity symptoms and risks and how to manage it in children and teens.
Our Daughters & Sons: Questions and Answers for Parents of Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People
Description: This fact sheet provides answers to commonly asked questions that parents of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered children have.
Description: Parents of teenagers overestimate how important social pressures are for teenagers, according to data from a national telephone survey conducted earlier this year. In contrast, parents underestimated the importance of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs in the lives of teenagers.
Preventing Cyberbullying: Top Ten Tips for Teens
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: Tips for Teens about preventing cyberbullying.
Protecting Your Kids from Substance Abuse and Violence
Description: The 10 tips discussed in this pamphlet will help parents guide their children into making safe, healthy decisions.
Qué significa ser padres? What does it mean to be parents?
Description: A guide for parents about how to be successful parents.
Author: Direnfeld, Gary (34 more by this author)
Description: This article presents an overview of successful parental monitoring of teenagers.
Raising Teens: A Synthesis of Research and a Foundation for Action
Description: This report has been written to heighten media and public attention to both a crisis and an opportunity. The report focuses on the risks faced by teenagers from violence, mental illness, abuse, neglect, inadequate education, substance abuse, poverty, and other sources that profoundly jeopardize their futures.
Responding to Cyberbullying: Top Ten Tips for Teens
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: Tips for teens about responding to cyberbullying
Description: A fact sheet for parents about adolescent safety including driving, fire safety, gun safety, and sports safety.
Staying Involved: Approaches to Helping Our Middle School and High School Students Learn
Author: Grabarek, Krzysztof
Description: Parents can play a central role in helping their adolescent children grow into independent learners. By helping children learn the vital skill of learning, parents can support their childrenÂ’s success not only in secondary school, but also as they move on to work and higher education.
Substance Abuse Treatment for Children and Adolescents: Questions to Ask
Description: This fact sheet provides parents with suggested questions to ask professionals when seeking substance abuse treatment for their children.
Teenagers with Eating Disorders
Description: This fact sheet describes the symptoms and treatment of eating disorders in adolescents.
The 4 Ls of Building Adolescent Identity: A Guide for Parents
Author: Elias, Maurice (3 more by this author); Roger P. Weissberg; Evanthia N.Patrikakou; Keli Bryan
Description: Learn how parents can teach young adults the skills and attitudes needed to be successful in life through love, laughter, limits, and linkages.
The ABC's of Coping with Adolescence
Author: Elias, Maurice (3 more by this author); Evanthia N.Patrikakou; Roger P. Weissberg
Description: Strategies for parents with teens on helping your teens cope well with the social, emotional, and biological changes in their lives during this period.
Wake Up to the Risks of Marijuana: A Guide for Parents
Description: This brochure outlines the facts of using marijuana and offers tips on what parents can do to keep their children from using marijuana. It also includes parent responses to clear up false information about the drug.
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6 Parenting Practices: Help Reduce the Chances Your Child will Develop a Drug or Alcohol Problem
Description: This guide provides parents with 6 research-supported parenting practices to help prevent children from developing drug or alcohol problems.
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: The Cyberbullying Research Center is dedicated to providing up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents. Cyberbullying can be defined as "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices."
Exploring the impact of deployment on military youth and families: Recent research findings
Author: Huebner, Angela (4 more by this author)
Description: Angela Huebner presents findings from several studies of both adolescents and parents about their experience of parental/spousal deployment since 9/11.
Military One Source Parenting & Child Care Resource List
Description: This site lists parenting and child care resources for military families.
Mobile Apps for Kids: Privacy Concerns
Description: Before downloading an app, parents should be able to see what data the app collects, how it will be used, with whom it may be shared, and whether the app connects to social media services or contains targeted advertising. An FTC study discovered that it is often impossible to determine whether an app collected data, let alone the type of data or its possible uses.
Seminar for Parents: Alcohol Use on Campus
Description: University of Minnesota Extension has collaborated with the University of Minnesota Parent Program and the Department of Family Social Science to develop an online course for parents that addresses the risks associated with binge drinking during the college years.
Seminar for Parents: College Finance
Description: University of Minnesota Extension has collaborated with the University of Minnesota Parent Program and the Department of Family Social Science to develop an online course which provides parents tools to help them guide their college-aged children in managing their finances. It provides talking points, comments from parents and college students, and suggestions on what parents can do to help their student make smart choices about finances.
Spanish Resources for Parents of Teens
Description: Resources to help Spanish-speaking parents meet the challenge of raising teens.
State Cyberbullying Laws: A Brief Review of State Cyberbullying Laws and Policies
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: Summary of State Cyberbullying Laws
Supporting Military Youth and Families
Author: Runke, Amber (1 more by this author); Kia Harries
Description: When military parents are mobilized, their kids' lives are turned upside down. They experience increased levels of stress and potential separation anxiety. They are need of heightened understanding and support from caring adults /youth in their schools, afterschool programs, and the community where they spend a large portion of their day.
This webinar will focus on military culture, deployment cycle, the issues that military families face during deployment and practical ideas how community members can support the military youth and their families. We will also connect participants to online resources that have been developed as part of the Army/4-H Development project to support youth programming for military youth but could be easily adapted for any community youth program or organization.
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10 Tips for Low-cost Indoor Family Fun
Description: In tough times, managing individual household expenses can be a great concern. For some people, wading through pages of long words to find help can be overwhelming. In response, OSU Extension has developed several 1-page pdf files, each with 10 tips on simple ways to cut back and save money. This particular resource focuses on ways families can have fun together on indoor activities.
These pages are designed to be printed and used to reach people who require materials written in clear, plain English or in Spanish.
10 Tips for Low-cost Outdoor Family Fun
Description: In tough times, managing individual household expenses can be a great concern. For some people, wading through pages of long words to find help can be overwhelming. In response, OSU Extension has developed several 1-page pdf files, each with 10 tips on simple ways to cut back and save money. This particular resource focuses on ways families can have fun together outdoors. These pages are designed to be printed and used to reach people who require materials written in clear, plain English or in Spanish.
Description: The life-long benefits of teaching children good money habits make it well worth the effort. Children who are not taught these lessons pay the consequences for a lifetime. It provides an overview of the topic as well as teaching suggestions for addressing earning, spending, borrowing, sharing, and saving. It also includes a quick self-evaluation and developmental charts that discuss specific teaching activities parents can do for kids at different age levels. This resource would be an invaluable tool for parents and would make a great “give away” for schools, parent educators, and other service providers.
Getting Through Tough Times: Deciding If Teens Should Work
Description: One of a 17 fact sheet series on getting help, making financial decisions with less, dealing with stress, figuring out how to do more with less, and talking to children about tough times. "Deciding If Teens Should Work" discusses whether to encouraging teenage family members to find jobs as one way a family can increase its income during tough times. Many part-time jobs are available that fit into student schedules.
Teaching Children Money Habits for Life
Description: The life-long benefits of teaching children good money habits make it well worth the effort. Children who are not taught these lessons pay the consequences for a lifetime. It provides an overview of the topic as well as teaching suggestions for addressing earning, spending, borrowing, sharing, and saving. It also includes a quick self-evaluation and developmental charts that discuss specific teaching activities parents can do for kids at different age levels. This resource would be an invaluable tool for parents and would make a great “give away” for schools, parent educators, and other service providers.
Description: You can teach your children about money managment. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a good money manager, you can begin to teach your children and learn more yourself in the process. There is no better way to learn something than by having to teach it, especially to your children. You can start small and keep it easy.
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A Parent's Guide to Teens: The Growing Season
Author: Pitzer, Ronald (7 more by this author)
Description: This guide is contains with practical parenting ideas and advice. The Growing Season has expert information on topics such as discipline, development, communication, conflicts, decision making, teen friendships and covers hot topics like sexuality, dating, alcohol, drugs and more. The Growing Season is a handy reference that will help you put a positive spin on parenting your teens. A preview of the guide is available on the website along with ordering information for the full guide.
A Survival Guide for Parents of Teenagers: Making the Most of It
Description: Research shows children do better in school and have
more positive attitudes about it when their parents
are involved in school life. This fact sheet provides information to assist parents in helping their teenage children set and achieve goals.
A Survival Guide for Parents of Teenagers: I Need to Get a Job
Description: This fact sheet helps parents of teenagers examine the positive and negative consequences of having a job while in high school.
Description: Alcohol-related accidents and deaths, and reports of binge drinking among young people have parents concerned. The following resources help parents of college students and soon-to-be college students better understand alcohol use among young people and what they can do to help.
Bullying: A Big Problem with Big Consequences
Description: This fact sheet provides suggestions on what to do if parents suspect that their teenage children are being victimized by a bully or are themselves being a bully.
Communicating with Your Teen: Spending Time Together
Author: Kerpelman, Jennifer (2 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet for parents about how to find ways to spend time with teens and activities that work well with teens.
Del corazón de los jóvenes: What Latino teens are saying about love and relationships
Description: “Rarely are teens themselves asked to share their thoughts and beliefs about issues that affect them. Del corazón de los jóvenes--which in English roughly translates to “youth speak from the heart”--gives both teens and parents a snapshot of what Latino teens* themselves say about relationships.”
Grow With Your Teens & Teach Values/Crezca con su adolescente y ensenele valores
Author: Ihnen, Karen (1 more by this author); Jodi Dworkin
Description: According to research, teens say that the beliefs, values and actions of their parents or close adults sink in. This fact sheet for parents is available in both English and Spanish versions.
Guide for Helping Children and Youth Cope with Separation
Description: This guide was created for parents, relatives, teachers, service members, and community members to help children and youth cope with separation from a parent due to military deployment. This guide was written with children ages 7-18 in mind.
Healthy Teen Development: Ten Principles for Parenting Your Teen
Author: Greder, Kimberly (7 more by this author); Dr. Laurence Steinberg
Description: A one-page publication with 10 principles to keep in mind as you work with and/or parent teens.
Helping Youth Succeed: Bicultural Parenting for Southeast Asian Families
Author: Detzner, Dan; Blong Xiong; Patricia Eliason
Description: Helping Youth Succeed is a culturally sensitive program developed by Southeast Asians for Southeast Asian Families. Through stories presented both on video and in writing, families learn about other Southeast Asian parents and youth in familiar and current situations. The issues are common, developed from the real experiences for Southeast Asian families. The stories are designed to prompt discussion and facilitate problem solving, and allow families to participate without revealing their personal family information. Helping Youth Succeed is research-based. It has been successfully tested and used by Southeast Asian families, and is available in Cambodian, Hmong, Lao and Vietnamese, as well as English. Ordering information is available online.
No hay lugar como el hogar para la educacion sexual
Author: Gossart, Mary (1 more by this author); Bojana Stefanovska
Description: The Spanish version of "There's No Place Like Home" consists of reproducible parent newsletters to assist parents in their unique role as the primary sexuality educator of their children. Five newsletters are available for every age/grade level, pre-school through grade twelve. Each issue contains relevant, age-specific sexuality information, useful strategies, communication hints, and suggested resources to support parents in their efforts. Also available in English.
Normal Adolescent Development: Late High School Years and Beyond
Description: This fact sheet for parents describes the normal feelings and behaviors of adolescents in the late high school years and beyond. Feelings and behaviors covered include the following four topic areas sexuality; future interests and cognitive development; movement towards independence; morals, values, and self-direction.
Normal Adolescent Development: Middle School and Early High School Years
Description: This fact sheet for parents describes the normal feelings and behaviors of adolescents in the middle school and early high school years. Feelings and behaviors covered include the following four topic areas sexuality; future interests and cognitive development; movement towards independence; morals, values, and self-direction.
PrACTice Matters: Involving Parents as Partners in Youth Development
Description: This prACTice matters issue addresses some approaches and challenges to parent involvement in youth development.
Author: Silliman, Benjamin (6 more by this author)
Description: A brochure for parents about how to promote optimism in children.
Author: Goddard, H. (29 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet for parents about setting limits for teens.
Stay Connected: Enhancing Parent-Teen Relationships
Author: Kerpelman, Jennifer (2 more by this author)
Description: This website has many ideas for parent & teen activities in different areas, such as communication, planning, autonomy, support, and education. In addition the site contains links to parent & teen websites, parent-teen video messages, and resources for military families.
Supporting your Adolescent: Tips for Parents
Description: A guide for parents including tips for parenting teenagers and parenting resources.
Author: Ahlin, Tracy; Laurie Meschke
Description: Information for parents about three topics related to teenage dating: when are teens ready to date, sexual activity, and dating that becomes hurtful.
Author: Gengler, Colleen (7 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet for parents about how to deal with teens and parties.
The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character
Author: Newberger, Eli
Description: Excerpts from a book about raising boys and strengthening their character.
The Ring of Valor: Issues for Parents
Author: Smith, Charles (28 more by this author)
Description: Issues for Parents is the eighth in a series of one-page fact sheets on bullying. It discusses strategies that parent should consider when addressing bullying behavior.
There's No Place Like Home...for Sex Education
Author: Gossart, Mary (1 more by this author)
Description: There's No Place Like Home Â… consists of reproducible parent newsletters to assist parents in their unique role as the primary sexuality educator of their children. Five newsletters are available for every age/grade level, pre-school through grade twelve. Each issue contains relevant, age-specific sexuality information, useful strategies, communication hints, and suggested resources to support parents in their efforts. Also available in Spanish.
Description: Part of the Teen Talk Fact Sheet series, this two-page fact sheet discusses the importance of talking to teens about parties.
Author: DelCampo, Diana (3 more by this author)
Description: A fact sheet describing normal adolescent development, adult-child emotional relationships, setting rules and limits for teens, teen peer relationships, and teaching teens about money.
Wanna Be My Friend?: The Ins and Outs of Online Social Networking
Author: Query, Sharon; Linda Hauge; Rachelle Vettern
Description: This program was developed for educators to deliver to parents and caregivers of teens. The objectives are to build awareness of the risks and rewards of online social networking and to foster dialogue among parents or caregivers and young people on the use of online social networking.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens and Employment
Author: Huser, Mary (8 more by this author); Stephen Small
Description: A fact sheet for parents about the pros and cons of youth employment, legal issues related to it, and the role of parents in youth employment.
Whose Kids? Our Kids!: Teens and School Success
Author: Huser, Mary (8 more by this author); Stephen Small; Karen Hintz; Donna Doll-Yogerst
Description: A fact sheet for parents that discusses the importance of parent involvement in their childrenÂ’s schools and activities.
Working with Teachers to Support Children's Learning
Author: Silliman, Benjamin (6 more by this author)
Description: This resource offers ideas to help parents and family members work cooperatively with teachers and activity leaders to support childrenÂ’s learning.
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A Student’s Guide to Personal Publishing
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This handout discusses issues that students should consider when creating offline or online content and then publishing it for others to see. It also provides guidelines that can inform how best to make and share ideas, opinions, and multi-media in a way that does not lead to negative repercussions.
Choosing Schools, Building Communities? The Effect of Schools of Choice on Parental Involvement
Description: School choice is a hot issue that's come into the spotlight because of the No Child Left Behind Act. More and more evidence is showing that schools of choice have higher levels of parent involvement, but it hasn't been clear whether this is due to how the schools are managed, or because parents who take the action to select a school are more involved to begin with. Now a study from the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Columbia University's Teachers College seeks to determine whether school choice can really be an engine for creating stronger parent communities.
Cyberbullying Fact Sheet: A Brief Review of Relevant Legal and Policy Issues
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Fact Sheet provides a summary of important court cases and pending legislation that can help school districts evaluate and improve their current cyberbullying policies.
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary summarizes how youth are modifying their use of social networking sites as it relates to online privacy and the disclosure of personal information.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Cyberbullying and Self-Esteem
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary explores the relationship between cyberbullying and self-esteem among teens. Results suggest that students who experienced cyberbullying, both as a victim and an offender, had significantly lower self-esteem than those who had little or no experience with cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Cyberbullying and Strain
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: General Strain Theory argues that individuals who experience strain, and as a result of that strain feel angry or frustrated, are more at risk to engage in criminal or deviant behavior. Results indicated that youth who experienced strain or anger and frustration were more likely to bully others than those who had not experienced strain or anger/frustration. Similarly, youth who reported strain or anger/frustration were more likely to participate in cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Cyberbullying and Suicide
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary explores the relationship between cyberbullying and suicidal ideation. Results suggest that victims of cyberbullying and those who cyberbully are at an elevated risk for suicidal thoughts and attempts.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Emotional and Psychological Consequences
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary specifies how adolescents are negatively affected by cyberbullying by highlighting how online aggression leads to adolescent strain and stress, which then can create developmental and functional concerns.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Personal Information of Adolescents on the Internet
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary summarizes our MySpace research concerning the extent to which adolescents post personal information on their profile pages.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Trends in Adolescent Social Networking
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary summarizes the changes that are occurring related to youth use of MySpace across multiple years.
Cyberbullying Research Summary: Victimization of Adolescent Girls
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Research Summary highlights the specific cyberbullying experiences of teenaged girls through the content analysis of detailed responses received from victims.
Disadvantaged Families and Child Outcomes: The Importance of Emotional Support for Mothers
Description: Rearing children can be difficult for any parent, but parents who experience social and economic disadvantages may face additional challenges. This research brief examines the link between emotional support mothers receive in rearing their children, and their children's development.
Harvard Family Research Project
Description: HFRP offers an exhaustive listing of HFRP's publications on early childhood care and education, family, parental involvement, school and community issues, evaluation and accountability information and professional development. Many are available for free download. The site also offers access to family involvement tools and resources via the FINE network (Family Involvement Network of Educators).
Description: "The goal of this report is to inform practitioners and program providers about what the most up-to-date research says about teens and media influence. "
Many Parents Not Concerned About Children’s Misuse of Narcotic Pain Medicines
Description: A survey of parents finds just one-third are very concerned about the misuse of prescribed narcotic pain medicine by children and teens in their community, according to HealthDay. Only one-fifth are very concerned about the misuse of these drugs in their own families.
Description: These are the 2006-2007 findings on parent and family involvement in education.
Parent/Family Involvement for Community Organizations
Description: In this presentation, Julliet Coxum of NYS Center for School Safety talks about the benefits and challenges of involving families in youth programs, and offers resources particularly for programs focusing on adolescent sexual health. (18 minutes)
Sexting: A Brief Guide for Educators and Parents
Author: Hinduja, Sameer (17 more by this author); Justin W. Patchin, Ph.D.
Description: This Fact Sheet defines "sexting" as it occurs among adolescents, and summarizes the current state of research on the problem. It also details informal and formal responses - particularly from legal and political authorities - and describes what schools should do as it relates to policy and response efforts. Finally, it suggests some practical prevention strategies that educators can implement to reduce its occurrence and perceived acceptability among students.