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Resources
The Critical Issues Committee has found the following resources to be useful and insightful. If you have resources you would like to recommend, please email them to speaker@gsnc.org for review. Submission of your recommendation does not guarantee placement on the resource list.
Books for adults (listed in no particular order)
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship by Natalie Madorsky Elman, Ph.D. and Eileen Kennedy-Moore, Ph.D. Simple strategies to help your child make friends while honoring the personality of your child.
Generation MySpace, Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence by Candice M. Kelsey, How Social Networking is Changing Everything About Friendship, Gossip, Sex, Drugs, and Our Kids' Values.
Get Out of My Life But First, Can You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony E. Wolf, A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager.
The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D. describes the gifts and challenges faced by the highly sensitive child and his/her parents.
The Highly Sensitive Person by Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D discusses being highly sensitive as an inherited trait. A worthwhile reading to help understand the highly sensitive adults in your life.
The Primal Teen by Barbara Strauch, What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids.
Boy Crazy! by Charlene C. Giannetti & Margaret Sagarese, Keeping Your Daughter’s Feet on the Ground When Her Head Is in the Clouds.
Girl Wars by Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D. & Charisse Nixon,Ph.D., 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying.
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander by Barbara Coloroso, From Preschool to High School—How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence.
Cliques by Charlene C. Giannetti & Margaret Sagarese, 8 Steps to Help Your Child Survive the Social Jungle.
Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons, The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls.
Bullies, Targets & Witnesses by SuEllen Fried & Paula Fried, Ph.D., Helping Children Break the Pain Chain.
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher, Ph.D., Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls.
A compiled book list about Bullying, Teasing, Relational Aggression and School Violence from Cooperative Children's Book Center from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison:
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=309
Books For Children (listed in no particular order):
Just Kidding by Trudy Ludwig, addresses the topic of mean spirited comments punctuated with “Just kidding.”
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig, the story of a fair weather friendship between two girls who have been friends since kindergarten.
Sorry! by Trudy Ludwig, tells the story of Charlie who covers up bad behavior with an insincere apology.
Web sites (listed in no particular order)
www.pewinternet.org Excellent information from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Read their studies focusing on the effect of technology on today's familes. Topics include Teens and Technology, Teens and Social Media, Cyberbulling, Social Networking Websites and Teens, Teenage Life Online and many more.
www.rachelsimmons.com Click on the link for Resources for Schools and Parents to download Rachel Simmons' guide for parents on cyberbullying.
www.hsperson.com Elaine Aron's web site devoted to highly sensitive individuals. Includes information on bullying.
www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov contains a wealth of information including tips for parents, educators and kids who are bullies, bullied, or bystanders. Also contains pertinent video workshops.
www.challengeday.org contains an anti-bullying program for high school students.
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