Teens Online

Tumblr Revises Policy On Self-Harm Content, Bans 'Hunger Blogs'

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Thinspo, Pro-Ana, Anorexia, Hunger-Blogs, Teen Suicides, Pro-Mia, Teens Online, Teen Suicide, Teen Blogs, Teens Blogging, Self-Mutilation, Tumblr-Thinspo, Tumblr-Blogs, Bulimia, Tumblr, Teens Tumblr, High School News

In the wake of the Huffington Post's recent exposé on the rapidly growing teenage "thinspo" community on Tumblr, which promotes and glorifies anorexi...

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Down The Rabbit Hole: The Mysterious World Parents Must Explore

Lisa Belkin | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Parents-Internet-Safety, Anorexia, Online Dangers, Teens Online, Technology, Internet Dangers, Bulimia, Parents-Internet, Tumblr, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Each year since you left high school makes you that much more likely to see the "latest" technological thing as a bit of a mystery that you leave, with a resigned smile, to the next group in line. So your assignment today is to immerse yourself in something that doesn't seem like something you would "get."

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Virtual Hugging Website Spreads Love Across Interwebs

Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Video, Cute-Roulette, Viral Videos, Teens, Teens Online, Kindness, Fun Stuff, Make Everything Ok, Finding Happiness, Happiest Place on the Internet, Tumblr, Happiness, Happiness Tips, High School News

Forget Disneyland -- there's a new happiest place on Earth, or at least on the internet. If you got dumped, failed a test, were deferred from your dre...

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Are Blogs Better For Teens Than Diaries? New Study Says Yes

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Teen Blogging Study, American Psychological Association, Bloggers, Teen-Bloggers, Teens Online, Blogging Study, Diaries, Blogging, Online Diaries, Tumblr, Video, High School News

We here at HuffPost High School knew it all along (not to brag, or anything), but now there's the research to back it up -- a new study by the America...

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News Flash: Online Teens Actually Heed Parents' Advice

Larry Magid | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Fosi, Online Privacy, Parenting, Teens, Online Bullying, Parental Advice, Teenage Bullying, Bullying, Internet Parental Controls, Teens Online, Technology News
Larry Magid

A study released last week by the Pew Internet and American Life Project had what might be surprising news about online teens. They actually listen to parental advice.

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Why Young People Think Racist And Sexist Slurs Online Are Just Jokes

AP | CONNIE CASS and JENNIFER AGIESTA | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Internet, Oakland University, Knowledge Networks, Online Slurs, Cyberbullying, Internet Bullying, Sexist Slurs, University of Texas, Young People Online, Teens Online, Facebook, Discriminatory Language, Racial Slurs, School Bullying, Derogatory Slurs, Education News

WASHINGTON — Young people immersed in the online world are encountering racist and sexist slurs and other name-calling that probably would appal...

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Teaching Girls How To Be Smarter Online

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Marcus | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Online Bullying, Teens Online, Young Girls and Social Media, Social Media Training for Young Girls, Social Media Dangers, Women News

Unless you monitor every key stroke your daughter makes, you probably don't know the extent of socializing she does online. There are already 7.5 mill...

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