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11-year-old stirs up Internet controversy
Once again, we see the consequences of unsupervised Internet use by children. Jessica is 11 years old and lives in Florida. She goes by the screenname of Jessi Slaughter. Jessi's computer is in her ...
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Teen Cyberbullying Investigated as seen on Dr. Phil
Judge Tom Jacobs, the creator and moderator of this site, appeared as a guest on Dr. Phil on April 8, 2010. The issue discussed was bullying and the recent tragic suicide of Phoebe Prince in Massachusetts ...
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Parents impose community service on daughter
Why wait for a court hearing and a judge to hand out a sentence for breaking a law? In Southlake, Texas, the parents of 16-year-old Kirstin Rausch decided to nip her ...
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Accepting every “friend request” can be hazardous
High school senior, Lynda Lopez, had done all the hard work and looked forward to a great college experience. The Illinois resident had applied for universities and scholarships in her junior year. Then in October, ...
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Hate crime murder by 14-year-old goes to trial
Larry King was 15 and in the 8th grade at E.O. Green junior High in California. He had told a friend that he was gay and began cross-dressing and wearing makeup to class. Larry was ...
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New copyright law affects students and teachers
Copyright is the protection by law of an original work - including music, books, movies and other creative works. Federal laws provide the registered owner of a copyright exclusive control over the property for a ...
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11-year-old tackles bullying from the top
President Obama receives 65,000 letters a week. He has made it a practice to read 10 every day and he personally responds to a handful. In March, 2010, he received a letter from 11-year-old Ziainey ...
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Silence Hurts – middle school students tackle bullying
Recent events in Florida middle schools have prompted school districts to develop anti-bullying programs. In October, 2009, Michael Brewer was assaulted and set on fire in a bicycle theft incident. The 7th-grader survived and ...
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Is “i-dosing” the next teen craze?
All it takes is a computer, an MP3 player and headphones. Getting high on the Internet is a new phenomenon called "i-dosing." Audio files induce drug-like effects by altering brain waves and one's mental state. ...
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Texting self backfires
Jeanne Mundango Manunga and her boyfriend broke up in 2008. The 25-year-old didn't take it well and decided to get even with him. Jeanne purchased a pre-paid cell phone in the name of the boyfriend's ...
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Radical tips for parents about cyberbullying
The Internet age has led to a different kind of teen bullying called cyberbullying. A website’s prefix “www” stands for World Wide Web but users should also understand that it means the “Whole ...
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High school pranks lead to felony charges
In May, 2010, two students at Williams Field High School in Arizona decided to set off the sprinkler heads on the second floor of their school building. They used a lighter to activate the sprinkler ...
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American teens recruited for drug smuggling
2009 witnessed an 83% increase over 2008 in the number of teenagers caught smuggling drugs into Arizona from Mexico. 130 minors were apprehended - most were Americans with family members in Mexico. Drug cartels recruit the ...
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Cyberbullying linked to psychiatric and social issues
Traditional bullying involves face-to-face taunts - where the victim knows who the bully is. It has escalated to cyberbullying sometimes by an anonymous source. Cyberbullies hide behind their computers and cell phones to ...
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High Court strengthens protection of gays
A California law school refused to recognize a Christian student group that refused membership to gays. The Christian Legal Society was an organization of Christian lawyers and law students. They applied for recognition on the campus ...
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