Friday 24 May 2013

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bullies called him pork chop… must see video

Shane Koyczan was bullied a lot when he was a kid. So he took that pain and made this stunning video with the help of some amazingly talented people. It’s kind of breathtaking and powerful, just a warning. Also, it has a happy ending.  

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give yourself a gift this valentine’s day…privacy: check you FB settings

Facebook recently changed its privacy settings and also added some new search tools that can allow more people to find you and actually know where you are.  If

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Allyson Pereira battles cyber bullying (ex-boyfriend sexting) on “my life is a lifetime movie”

Recently, Lifetime began to air a show entitled, My Life is a Lifetime Movie. The show allows real women to share their personal stories in one episode of the

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youth and cyber-bullying infographic

The problem of cyberbullying is sadly still present among Millennials as we recently reaffirmed in our Lifeline Report on Risky Business. The majority of Millennials have had some involvement

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rumors cause high school heartache

By Andrea Mariani, Notre Dame de La Baie Academy, Green Bay, WI The world today is fake. Who can you believe anymore? Who can you trust? It is because

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are you making a good first impression?

5 surprising ways people judge you when they first meet you. When you meet someone for the first time or simply pass a stranger on the street, it's human

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bullying study: it does get better for gay teens

It really does get better for gay and bisexual teens when it comes to being bullied, although young gay men have it worse than their lesbian peers, according

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helping high school students stress less: therapy dogs, yoga sessions,…..

There's a growing pressure for teens to achieve, some experts say, and coupled with the plugged-in nature of modern life, that's a recipe for mental health disaster. Now

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new app gives Facebook a face wash

FaceWash, a new app for Facebook, is the most recent tool with the goal of saving the unsavvy social networker from him or herself.  Once downloaded to your

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5 words that make you sound stupid

Most of us have been criticized by friends (playfully) and English teachers (earnestly) for slipping up and using words incorrectly in a sentence, and while many of us