6 Core Steps to Prevent Social Media Relapse
It can be tough to stay #offline in our modern world. There are so many temptations all around us, and it’s hard not to get swept up in...
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- Jun 20, 2022
- 3 min
California Parents Suing Instagram and TikTok for Social Media Addiction
California could soon hold social media companies accountable for harming children who have become #addicted to their applications,...
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- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
Health officials say fentanyl is killing children on social media
“This isn’t (teens) finding shady dudes on a street corner,” Idaho State Police Capt. John Kempf said. “They’re finding shady dudes on ...
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- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
DRUGFR33.ORG Talks Bullying & Cyber-stalking Featured on Kandidly Kristin Podcast
[Drugf33.org featured January KandidlyKristin 1/2022] What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying is a form of emotional bullying that takes...
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- Dec 29, 2021
- 2 min
10-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Dies After Trying Dangerous 'BLACKOUT CHALLENGE' On Social Media
"No one was in the bedroom with her when this happened, so there was no one there to save her." A Delaware County family has an emotional...
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- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Facehook: Investigations team finding compulsive behaviors linked to social media is silenced
Another mountain of formerly hidden Facebook internal research reveals that Facebook and Instagram were well aware of the fact that over...
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- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
In #Defense of Mental Health & Suicide Awareness: Brave Businesses are Abandoning Social Media
"We're talking about suicide here, not spots or whether someone should dye their hair blonde," Constantine continued, telling The...
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- Oct 24, 2021
- 5 min
Facebook & Instagram's #failed Attempt to Prevent User Suicide
In a 2018 commentary published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, two researchers are questioning the ethics and transparency...
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- Oct 5, 2021
- 5 min
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat for Kids? Law Enforcement: "Just say No."
Facebook has already promised to abandon a planned "Instagram for children" project that was pretty controversial anyway. But it's pretty...
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- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
WSJ: Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teens
For the last three years, Facebook has studied how its #Instagram photo-sharing app affects the mental health of its millions of young...
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- Aug 25, 2021
- 8 min
Bullying Then & Now: 8 Facts About Cyber-bullying
About 37% of young people between the ages of 12 and 17 have been bullied online. 30% have had it happen more than once. 95% of teens in...
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- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
The Healing Art of Cathartic Letter Writing (Because the Internet is NOT a Journal)
Through writing letters — and burning them — we can release the pain of old wounds and stale dreams There is so much weight and...
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- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
CA Parents Create Awareness Org After Son Dies from Drug Overdose from Substance Bought off Snapchat
Michael Leonardi was enjoying his first year of college in San Diego last year. He was 20 years old, lived near the beach with friends...
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- Aug 3, 2021
- 8 min
Adolescents and Social Media: A Bad Mix
Many parents worry about how exposure to technology might affect toddlers developmentally. We know our preschoolers are picking up new ...
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- Aug 3, 2021
- 5 min
45 Positive Affirmations to Use Daily To Help You Curb Social Media Addiction
You don’t need to repeat every single one of these positive affirmations throughout the course of a day. Take a few moments out of your...
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- Jul 28, 2021
- 6 min
Mobiles and Melatonin: Social Media Causes Insomnia & Methods to Help Stop the Worry Before Bedtime
It’s well-established that looking at phone screens can impact sleep. Mobiles emit mostly blue light, and these wavelengths are...
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- Jul 6, 2021
- 4 min
Is social media making you depressed or is it something else? TL:DR: Yes, it's social media
You’ve built your following on LinkedIn, you have more friends than the average person on Facebook, and you’re known for never breaking ...
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- May 14, 2021
- 10 min
Law enforcement officers: Parents of social media users beware. Sextortion Crimes Spiking Online
Sheriff Dave Gomez, a deputy with the Boise County Sheriff’s Office, recently gave numerous presentations to different groups in Dillon...
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- May 4, 2021
- 5 min
You are not your #selfie (Featuring Star Wars Star Kelly Marie Tran and why she chooses #Unfollow)
For more information on Social Media's harmful distortion of body image and self: check out the #Unfollow podcast here: There’s no...
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- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Snapchat: It's not just dangerous... it's deadly
Do you remember the old Atari video game Frogger? It’s the one where you have to maneuver a frog safely through the dangers of a busy...
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