Stop and think before you click “Send”
By Elena Murphy
Would you consider critical comments posted on your Facebook page the same as “trash-talking” your opponent before a basketball game? You know, nothing personal. That’s how one first-year male college student explained the practice of electronically posting or texting disparaging comments about other people, says Dr. Elizabeth Englander, professor of psychology at Bridgewater State College, who gave a presentation on cyberbullying to a full house of parents and school administrators earlier this month at Cary Hall. (more…)
When I was a kid (during the last century), the sun would shine and my Mom would admonish all seven of us kids to “get out while the sun is shining,” and she wouldn’t tolerate “no” for an answer. She knew that climbing trees and playing baseball and even wading through the muddy shallows of the Ash Street Pond was better for us than sitting in front of the TV. And she was right. There wasn’t a one of us that ever had more than an ounce of unburned fat when we fell into bed at the end of the day. 
What could be more fun this time of year than packing up the kids and getting away for the week? So much fun in fact that people (kids and adults alike!) often post their upcoming vacation plans as status on Facebook, Twitter, and other online social sites… “Just 2 more days! Look out Disney, the Smiths are coming!”
