Rolling Stone Magazine’s recent article on the suicide of 15-yr-old Audrie Pott (“Sexting, Shame, and Suicide,” Sept 17, 2013) is (or should be) sobering. The mix of alcohol, hormones and social media can give you a hangover that lasts a lifetime. Some don’t survive. This year alone, the body count is too high: Audrie Pott, …
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Suicide Setup: Teens, Alcohol, Sex & Social Media
- Filed under Girls In The News, Girls' Bullying
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October 3, 2013
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October 3, 2013
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Lessons We MUST Learn From Amanda Todd
- Filed under Girls In The News, Girls' Bullying
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October 16, 2012
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October 16, 2012
15-year-old Amanda Todd from Coquitlam, British Columbia killed herself this week, after several years of terror at the hands of a cyberbully/cyberstalker and merciless, cruel-hearted peer taunting and physical violence at several schools. Now we’re “outraged” as an article in the Toronto Star says: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1270262–b-c-victim-of-cyber-bullying-commits-suicide Where was our outrage while this was happening? Why weren’t …
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