Wellness & Safety

Me last week, reading some recently published articles about sextortion, and thinking to myself: “This issue is too important not to discuss with youth, too. They deserve the facts!” ...
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The FBI has reported a “huge increase” in sextortion scams targeting teens, especially boys 14 to 17. Here's what you need to know to protect yourself or your teen, and ...
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Someone on Google Hangouts said a bunch of mean things to me. I was so hurt. What do I do when someone actually says mean things online? ...
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Me – and so many other women – thinking to myself after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision: “Is tech safe anymore?” ...
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It was bullets, not bytes — that took the lives of 10 people in Buffalo and 21 people, including 19 elementary school students, in Uvalde, Texas. Still, some are blaming ...
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My debut book, ReThink the Internet, the world’s first-ever by-youth, for-youth guide to safely navigating the digital world, is coming out at the end of this month, on May 31st ...
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Emotional wellness is an area our society is, thankfully, working to build awareness and progress. In schools it is often called “SEL” or social emotional learning and it is sometimes ...
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I’m always so stressed about social media, like who’s viewing my stories, how my pictures look, and if I “measure up” to everyone else. How do I let go? ...
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A 2018 Pew Research Center survey found that 66% of Americans over 65 were internet users. That number is getting bigger all the time, especially since the start of the ...
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