Blogs from King County Youth Development Network

The King County Youth Development Network now features blog postings from youth workers around King County. All are invited to read and respond to these posts- just log-in to comment. If you are interested in having your own blog on KCYDN, please contact kyla@childrenandyouth.org

Empathy- A Great Tool to Reduce Bully Behavior — by Megan Unden — last modified Apr 19, 2010 03:09 PM

Summary on the article: How Not to Raise a Bully: The Early Roots of Empathy By Maia Szalavitz Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1982190,00.html?hpt=T2#ixzz0lZw97Ekn (more)

NEA report on the LGBTQ community — by Megan Unden — last modified Apr 09, 2010 03:37 PM

Here is a great report on education, discrimination and other unique challenges to the LGBTQ community (focused mostly on teens) (more)

Phoebe Prince & Bullying — by Megan Unden — last modified Apr 02, 2010 12:16 PM

The recent trajedy of Phoebe Prince, who committed suicide as a result of continued bullying, illustrates that adult administrators and staff, as well as the bullies need to be held responsible. (more)

Technology and Privacy — by Kayla Bergquist — last modified Mar 29, 2010 01:20 PM

Facebook, myspace and potential employers (more)

Teaching Tolerance — by Megan Unden — last modified Mar 26, 2010 05:23 PM

Information from the Southern Poverty Law Center on promoting tolerance (more)