Kindness wins
Subtitle: a simple, no nonsense guide to teaching our kids how to be kind online
By: Galit Breen
Publisher: Booktrope
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Seattle, WA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781620158883; 9781533623416
Subjects: Bullying; Internet and teenagers; Computer crimes; Cyberbullying; Prevention
Description: "If kindness wins, accountability rules. The need for this mantra is never clearer than when scrolling through posts and comments online. Approximately four out of ten kids (42 percent) have experienced cyberbullying. When we were young, our bullies weren't usually strangers. They were the kids who passed mean notes about us in class, the ones who didn't let us sit at their table during lunch, and the ones who tripped us in the hallway or embarrassed us in gym class. Cyberbullying isn't all that different from the playground bullying of our youth and nightmares. But with social media, our bullies have nonstop access to us--and our kids. In fact, we're often friends with our bullies online. When freelance writer Galit Breen's kids hinted that they'd like to post, tweet, and share photos on Instagram, Breen took a look at social media as a mom and as a teacher and quickly realized that there's a ridiculous amount of kindness terrain to teach and explain to kids and some adults before letting them loose online. So she took to her pen and wrote a how-to book for parents who are tackling this issue with their kids. Kindness Wins covers ten habits to directly teach kids as they're learning how to be kind online. Each section is written in Breen's trademark parent-to-parent-over-coffee style and concludes with resources for further reading, discussion starters, and bulleted takeaways. She ends the book with two contracts one to share with peers and one to share with kids. Just like we needed to teach our children how to walk, swim, and throw a ball, we need to teach them how to maneuver kindly online. This book will help you do just that."--Back cover.

Today, approximately four out of ten kids have experienced cyberbullying. It doesn't seem all that different from the playground bullying of our own youth and nightmares-- but with social media, bullies have nonstop access to our kids. In fact, we're often friends with our bullies online. Breen took a look at social media as a mom and as a teacher and quickly realized that there's a ridiculous amount of kindness terrain to teach and explain to kids-- and some adults-- before letting she let her own children loose online. Here, she covers ten habits to directly teach kids as they're learning how to be kind online.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: 1. "Not my kid" is simply not true; title: 2. Remember there's someone on the other side of the screen; title: 3. Learn to call each other out; title: 4. A picture is worth a thousand (nice) words; title: 5. We don';t talk about other people's bodies; title: 6. If you wouldn't say it or show it to your Mama, keep it offline; title: 7. Learn how to discuss hard things; title: 8. The Internet isn't permanent, but it is public and it is loud; title: 9. Just because you see it, doesn't mean it's yours; title: 10. Anonymous isn't an excuse: you're responsible for every word you write online; title: Parent-to-parent Kindness wins contract; title: Parent-to-child Kindness wins contract; title: Conclusion.