As an expert, I can deal with complex problems. As a mother it is much, much harder.

Mothers and fathers do really crazy things with the best of intentions.

Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies.

Good home-school educational plans have the kids in groups with other children often and consistently. Because common sense dictates that isolating people is never good and home-schooled children really benefit from being in those type of programs.

Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.

So many women keep their anger inside and let it build until they explode and then people blow them off again.

See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys.

Sleeping with your phone in your bedroom is never a good idea, but it's even worse when you're bullied online because it's too tempting to stay up all night trying to fix the situation - which isn't possible anyway.

Advancements in technology have become so commonplace that sometimes we forget to stop and think about how incredible it is that a girl on her laptop in Texas can see photos and cell phone video in real time that a young college student has posted of a rally he's at in Iran.

When I tell people I work to stop hazing in high schools I am almost always met with shocked expressions. High school? Really? I thought that was something that only arrogant frat guys do in college. But it's true - as long as I have worked on preventing bullying in high schools, I have worked to prevent hazing.

By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and trying to ignore it for a long time.

I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.