A few minutes ago I was scrolling through my Twitter feed (as I often do while I am procrastinating *ahem* doing research).

I saw that one of the people I follow had tweeted, “Ah, crap” and then posted a picture.  Needless to say, I was intrigued, so I clicked on it.  What I proceeded to view [...]

By: Alison

Cyber-bullying is peer abuse perpetrated through digital media.  This cruelty delivered via signals, routers and machines is not caused by the technology, however, but is the result of our behavior and actions.  We are all responsible for carefully and thoughtfully navigating the social and interpersonal aspects of our online interactions, and helping educate our [...]

By: Alison

Have you noticed the gender stereotyping that often accompanies Internet safety messages?  Somehow, in the interest of keeping kids safe online and teaching them about respect, responsibility and dignity in their digital communication, every single outdated and offensive stereotype about girls and young women gets used.  There’s almost always the gossiping mean-girl persona, whose [...]

By: Alison

CI4G is proud to announce a new book about bullying, cyberbullying and peer abuse called Face 2 Face!  Face 2 Face is the second in a unique series of books written and illustrated by youth in which CI4G’s Founder & Managing Partner, Alison Trachtman Hill is an expert contributor providing ideas, strategies and advice [...]

By: Alison

In October 2010, Critical Issues for Girls (www.ci4g.com) held a Take Action, Advocacy, Leadership One-Day Conference for the sophomores, juniors and seniors participating in the service-learning homeroom program at The Mary Louis Academy (www.tmla.org).  Alison Trachtman Hill, Founder and Managing Partner of Critical Issues for Girls made the keynote address for the event, which [...]

The key findings from the Center for the Advancement of Women’s (CFAW) publication, “Violence Against Women: A Report of Findings From National Focus Groups with Women and Teen Girls” elaborate causes of non-reporting by teens, in that the victims of emotional, verbal and psychological abuse who participated in their study stated they didn’t know where [...]

Accounts of aggression and violence among young people abound in academic journals, novels, school curricula, web-based media, and print and televised news reports.  The complex representations of youth as both victims and perpetrators of abuse have birthed a complementary lexicon of terminologies that describe the myriad ways in which hostilities manifest among this population.  Two [...]

This is part two of a two-part series of blogs written by Alison for NetSmartz.  Check out her tips on how to determine if your child is involved in a cyber bullying situation.

The simple fact is, no matter how much we love our little angels, sometimes they engage in behaviors of which we cannot approve. [...]

This is part one of a two-part series of blogs written by Alison for NetSmartz.  Check out her ideas and suggestions about cyber bullying for parents/adults.

In response to the growing concern about cyberbullying, which is pushing some states to propose cyberbullying bills, NetSmartz has invited online relationship researcher Alison Trachtman Hill to offer an expert [...]