Providing information and resources for parents, youth workers and educators to help kids navigate their digital world.
A community promoting self-harm (specifically, “cutting”) is circulating graphic and bloody depictions of self-injury on Twitter. Read the report here.
Child psychiatrists have expressed alarm over a sharp rise in self-harm among teenagers since the advent of social media. Read the article here.
13-year-old Emilie Olsen killed herself in December 2014. Her parents say she was relentlessly bullied at school, and are suing her Fairfield, Ohio, school district which they say should have been more responsive. Read the article here.
An Australian study warns that social media is exposing more and more youngsters to suicide. Read the full article here.
Young people will always find ways to talk about depression, self-harm, and internal pain. Right now these conversations are happening with hashtags on the Internet. Read the full story here.
World Health Organization says 20% of 15-year-olds self-harmed in last year. Read the full story here.