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Teaching Students How to Use Social Media

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Social media is everywhere. It’s very popular among adults, but practically essential for preteens and teenagers who enjoy sharing their opinions and keeping up with their friends. The unfortunate truth is that the combination of kids and social media gets a horrible reputation because of certain behaviors in the relatively…

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Anti-Bullying Month: 6 Strategies to Help Kids Defend Themselves Against Bullying

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Many of us experienced being bullied at one point in our childhood. It could have been something as simple as being teased about a new haircut to something more severe where you dreaded going to school because you didn’t want to come across the person or people bullying you. Children…

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Anti-Bullying Ideas to Make Our Schools Safe

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As the mother of a bullied child, bullying is something I take very seriously. I'm glad that bullying is getting a lot of attention in the news lately. Anti-bullying ideas are greatly needed. It affects a lot of kids, either as participants or observers, and I think a few

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Anti-Bullying: Cyberbullies and the “Online Disinhibition Effect”

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Cyberbullying—Charlotte Dawson, TV personality from New Zealand, was recently hospitalized after a suicide attempt because she was harassed by numerous people on Twitter, some of whom went as far as to tell her to kill herself. Then there was the more recent event where news anchor Jennifer Livingston in…

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Megan Faulkner Brown “Bakes a Difference” Against Bullying

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Megan Faulkner Brown has one sweet job. She is the founder of The Sweet Tooth Fairy, a confectionary known for its delectable cupcakes and cakebites. A relatively new shop, it has seen great growth over the past few years, developing from a basement business to a franchise of nine stores…

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