An Interview with Pam Golden, President of Pam Golden & Associates

Pam Golden started out simply wanting to make a difference.  Five years, 15,000 children, and over 700 administrators and teachers later, she has made a huge difference.  As a bullying prevention consultant for elementary schools, she teaches children the skills they need to make and keep friends and solve problems.  As a result, they're much less likely to be the victim of bullies or become a bully themselves.

"Research shows that six out of ten children who bully will have a criminal conviction by their mid-twenties, and forty percent of those will have multiple convictions," says Pam.  "Even if you put the long-term repercussions of bullying aside, when children know they can solve problems on their own they have more confidence, they get along better with other children… in short they're much happier."

Stories and pictures are an integral part of her program.  To reach a broader audience, Pam decided to develop a children's book based on her tattling prevention program.  "We teach children to handle small problems on their own, and report larger problems to an adult," says Pam.  "We give them a way to decide what to do – and how to do it."