One key reason for the apparent drop in harmful behaviors among students is that young people are leading the way in gaining a greater acceptance of diversity, says Nancy Willard,director of Embrace Civility in the Digital Age in Eugene, Ore. What I have seen in schools is that among teens it is
Date: May 15, 2015
Category: U.S.
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Cyberbullying expert Nancy Willard said adults need to focus on positive norms, "recognizing that the vast majority of teens ... have an extremely low regard for anyone who distributes a nude image of a peer," she said.
"The problem with digital technologies is they can expand the harm that people suffer greatly," said Nancy Willard, an Oregon-based cyberbullying expert and creator of a prevention program for schools.
Nancy Willard, a Eugene, Ore., resident who runs the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use, providing help with youth risk online issues, noted that courts have given schools the reach to combat off-campus bullying.