Today’s teenagers face unique challenges unlike any generation prior. While yesterday’s teenager may have enjoyed the convenience of getting through the day and going home. That was a respite that today’s teen will never know. The bullying, conversations, and social dynamics are now public, real-time, and 24/7. Teenagers are as likely to chat with each other online from opposite ends of the schoolyard as they were to chat in the bathroom 20 years ago. To make it worse, the whole school is likely in on the conversation, and for victims of cyber bullying, the school bell is when the day begins.
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