April 20, 2010 marked the 11th anniversary of the Columbine shooting, the event that woke our nation to the problem of bullying. Since...

Do you want to enjoy playing sports with other kids? Do you want them to like and respect you? Do you want them to choose you to be on...

Movie Recommendation by Izzy Kalman (December 2008) Personally, I’m not a great fan of Adam Sandler movies, thought there are some...

(December, 2008) The title of this newsletter article is borrowed from the book by that name written by Alfie Kohn. I had heard that...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2008)The anti-bully movement is the most uncontroversial social movement in the history of the world. Every other...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2008) In the decade since the Columbine massacre, thousands of research studies have been conducted on bullying, yet the world is no closer to a solution. Countries that embark on anti-bully campaigns discover that the more intensively they fight bullying, the more intense bullying becomes. Why? Quite simply, the anti-bully movement, while initiated and promoted by psychologists, is poor psychology. In fact, it is an abandonment of basic psychological

Book Recommendation by Izzy Kalman (July 2008)I am fortunate to have made the acquaintance of a wonderful man, Tom Cirignano. He first...

by Izzy Kalman (July 2008)The single most common–and angry–criticism I get is that I “blame victims.” Today, in the view of the mental...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2008)The anti-bully movement came into being primarily to prevent school shootings. But school shootings continue,...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2008)A couple of weeks ago (April 20) marked the 9th anniversary of the Columbine massacre, the event that gave rise...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2008)We are so happy to hate bullies that we fail to see the harm anti-bully policies are causing. In my profession’s...

by Izzy Kalman (May 2008)I recently read The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things by sociologist Barry Glassner...

by Izzy Kalman (February 2008)While we’re on the topic of Big Brother, I would like to bring your attention to the new popular buzzword...

by Izzy Kalman (February 2008)I have written in previous newsletters how our country’s anti-bullying policies are creating a Soviet...

by Izzy Kalman (February 2008)Australia is taking bullying increasingly seriously, which is not surprising in light of a recent lawsuit...

by Izzy Kalman (December 2007)Are you a mental health professional? If so, you probably became one because of idealism. You wanted to...

by Izzy Kalman (December 2007) With increasing frequency, the mental health organizations are urging us to use “research based”...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2007)I wrote a long piece several months ago on the Insanity of Workplace Anti-Bullying Laws. I got some outraged...

by Izzy Kalman (October 2007)I’m sure many of my readers wonder why I deal with political matters in a newsletter that is seemingly about...

by Izzy Kalman (September 2007)I have read article after article in professional psychological publications that declare that the...