Cyberspace is the 2013 version of the playground, and with it comes potential for great danger, as its reach is massively unlimited. Here's what parents can do to safeguard their children.

Classroom teachers have everything to do with stopping bullying. There. I said it. The teachers who are making a difference in the movement to stop bullying are engaged role models of kindness and expert masters of diplomacy.

A bully’s worst fear is revenge, so it’s special when a victim of bullying can turn those slurs and taunts into nationwide popularity. Alex Lib...

Kids can be mean. Perhaps it's part of their exploration of boundaries and their power in social circles. As parents, we can teach our own kids the importance of kindness, respect and treating others as we want them to be treated. And, we can guide them to stand up to bullies.

It is important to distinguish between rude, mean and bullying so that teachers, school administrators, police, youth workers, parents and kids all know what to pay attention to and when to intervene.

Six years ago, 13-year-old Steven Urry hanged himself in his bedroom closet after being tormented by bullies.

Our culture is fascinated with the image of the mean girl. Reality TV shows like The Real Housewives of New York and The Jersey Shore feature real-life mean girls in action, publicly humiliating and spreading nasty rumors about each other.

Here are five "Stop and Think" rules I offer to parents as they are first teaching their kids about netiquette.

They watch the way you snicker with your friends or make off-handed comments about the way that someone looks. They absorb everything. You are their first teacher. You are their role model. You are their everything. This is a huge responsibility.