/channels/taxonomy/term/14123/all en /channels/channels/news/bystanders-cyberbullying-288182 <p>Your child is in elementary school and is begging you to buy them a cell phone, an iPod and iPad.  Anything, as long as they can communicate with their friends, either by texting or through social media.  As a parent, you’re worried about cyberbullying.  Indeed, up to 30% of children and adolescents admit to cyberbullying others, while 25% of students report being victimized on electronic platforms.  You rationalize that your child has lots of friends and that they will stand up for them in a bullying situation.  Do they?  What is the role of the bystander/friend during a bullying incident?</p> Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:29:02 +0000 webfull 139118 at /channels /channels/news/punishing-kids-lying-just-doesn%E2%80%99t-work-240604 <p>If you want your child to tell the truth, it’s best not to threaten to punish them if they lie. That’s what researchers discovered through a simple experiment involving 372 children between the ages of 4 and 8. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:55:03 +0000 webfull 107006 at /channels /channels/news/truth-about-lying-children%E2%80%99s-perceptions-get-more-nuanced-age-263168 <p>Parents don’t like it when children lie. But what do the kids themselves think about it? New research suggests truth telling isn’t black and white.</p> <p>As children get older, their moral evaluations of both lies and truths is increasingly influenced by whether they think this behaviour will cause harm to either others or themselves.</p> Wed, 05 Oct 2016 14:15:42 +0000 webfull 121832 at /channels /channels/news/election-campaigns-dishonest-monkeys-why-were-hard-wired-lie-263605 <p>According to Æ»¹ûÒùÔº's <strong>Victoria Talwar</strong>, there are two main categories of lies: deceptions that are motivated by self-interest and lies that are designed to benefit others. <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/from-election-campaigns-to-dishonest-monkeys-why-we-re-hard-wired-to-lie-1.3812243">CBC News</a></p> Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:19:13 +0000 webfull 122314 at /channels /channels/news/stories-motivate-children-be-honest-237141 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:35:19 +0000 webfull 103311 at /channels