Why are we experiencing this almost epidemic of malicious behavior? One reason may be a lack of empathy and compassion, which are both a behavior and an attitude.

Has the internet made us more vicious? With our computer anonymity many of us have decided we can "say" things over the World Wide Web that we would never ever say to someone's face.

The real question for all of us to ask is how to hold power to accountability, and how to create an environment in which strength comes with morality and a sense of care and responsibility.

The suicide of the student at Rutgers is a tragedy that has everyone examining cyberbullying and homophobia. Those are good things to be examining, but it misses the heart of the matter.

Today kids get more pressure from their peers -- than anyone else -- to be cool, to fit in and to do whatever is necessary to prove that you do.

Has the availability of the internet and YouTube produced a generation of sociopaths? Or simply a generation of people who believe that boundaries don't apply to them?

In this short article I'll offer six strategies to help the bullied child begin to recover from its scars. Vicious words cause much of the devastating harm of bullying, but words can also heal.

Sure there have been bullies in schools, and even in the workplace, forever. The difference now is that you can't escape it by leaving school or punching the clock at the end of the work day.

As a mother, I have recently discovered Facebook. My kids knew about it long ago and I poo pooed it as another mindless waste of time. Finally, I join...