bullying
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What We Actually Know About How Social Media Affects Teens’ Mental Health
Instagram makes teen girls feel worse about their bodies, according to internal Facebook documents published in the Wall Street Journal. (Facebook owns Instagram.) The app is full of pictures of impossibly thin and beautiful people, so that tracks; and we’ve been fretting for years over the dangers of young people having access to digital devices.…
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Recognise Phrases That Sound Like Gaslighting, But Really Aren’t
Perhaps no other form of psychological torment is better known, or more frequently referenced in popular media today, than gaslighting. To experience it is to have your sense of reality denied, but it’s important to understand whether the person opposite you is actually using the manipulative tool with intent, or if they just plain disagree.…
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How Men Can Talk to Other Men About Sexual Harassment
Not all men are guilty of perpetrating sexual harassment against women in the workplace and beyond. But all men have an instrumental role to play in the broader effort to combat the harassment of women, and it starts with simply talking about the issue with other men.
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Don’t Let Your Kid Bully Their Sibling
Siblings are going to fight. They’re going to poke at each other on long (or short) car rides. They’re going to push to be the first one out the door. They’re going to wrestle for control of the TV remote. After a while, it can start to sound like the regular background noise of a…