It is one of a dad's worst fears and it seems to be happening more and more (or talked about more and more) these days: bullying. When one Life of Dad user shared that his daughter was being bullied in school, hundreds of fellow dads shared advice on how [...]
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, 28% of students in grades 6-12 have experienced bullying. That number is huge, particularly given the increase of youth suicide. As school age bullying comes increasingly to the forefront of international studies and news, I’ve done some research on [...]
We dads and moms like to talk about and dream about the things we hope our children do and accomplish in life but what about the other side of the coin? What is something you absolutely do not want your child to do? Here’s just some of what the real [...]
Author Michelle Icard joins us to talk about a time in our kids’ lives that many parents dread, middle school. She tells us that these years can be fun and exciting if we leave the baggage from our own middle school years at the door and modify our parenting style as our [...]
Did you know that 160,000 kids skip school every day for fear of being a victim of bullying? Did you know that bullying has three players? And did you know that your child will likely play one of those three roles sometime in the course of their youth? Today, we’re [...]
Around half of teenagers have been victims of cyber-bullying, and only one in ten tells their parents. We talk to courageous dad GLEN CANNING whose 17-year-old daughter committed suicide after being the victim of sexual assault and bullying. IRENE VAN DER SANDE of KIDPOWER explores ways you can prevent this [...]
In this episode, we continue our discussion about raising children in the digital age with our guest, Amy Lupold Bair, founder of Resourceful Mommy Media and author of Raising Digital Families for Dummies. Amy shares ideas for proactive communication with our children about cyber bullying, sexting, and social media apps and [...]
Please join WatchDOGS Radio host Keith Schumacher as he travels to Las Vegas spreading the father involvement message throughout the nation.
Please join us as we talk about the latest news in father involvement in education. This week, we will discuss the Watch D.O.G.S. program where the dads have become proactive and taken the initiative to become a better resource to their schools and community by learning CPR through the Watch [...]
