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Suicide Awareness Month – Unpacking the Complex Digital Landscape

Cyberbullying, Mental Health

As we observe Suicide Awareness Month this September, the relentless pressures of the digital world, from comparison culture to cyberbullying, contribute significantly to rising rates of anxiety, depression, and, tragically, youth suicide. It’s time to confront these complexities head-on, offering a deeper understanding and proactive solutions to support our youth. Understanding the emotional landscape of […]

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Social Media Filters: A Cause of Body Dysmorphia or Just A Form of Creative Expression?

Critical Thinking, Mental Health, Parenting

Have you taken a selfie lately and been compelled to swipe through the filters to find the perfect one that gives you that extra glow? Well, it’s safe to say that filters have revolutionalized the selfie game. In fact, 87% of teens aged 13-21 use a filter on social media.  So what’s drawing teens so

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The Ukraine War on TikTok: What We and Our Children Can Learn From It

Apps, Education, Mental Health, Parenting

– Article written by Havana Dauncey TikTok is becoming the most popular app in our teens’ and pre-teens’ lives. Despite the 13+ age limit, children aged 4-15 are spending an average of 75 minutes on TikTok per day. As a parent or teacher, you can’t help but wonder what they’re watching on there for that

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Expert on SA’s Anti-Bullying Week: “Why are South Africans cyberbullying?”

Cyberbullying, Mental Health

South Africa has a problem that is getting harder to fix “How would you know if your child was being cyberbullied?” That is the chilling question that we posed during this week’s Anti-Bullying Week in South Africa. Originated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance, this year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word.’ “The reality is that a surprising number

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World Mental Health Day: How can we make “mental health care a reality for teens and tweens?”

Mental Health

“If Instagram is such a positive force, have we seen a golden age of teenage mental health in the last 10 years? No, we have seen escalating rates of suicide and depression amongst teenagers,” she continued. “There’s a broad swath of research that supports the idea that the usage of social media amplifies the risk

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TODAY, World Youth Skills Day: Unemployment driving unrest in South Africa

Critical Thinking, Mental Health, Parenting, Trends

Is there a way we can reverse youth unemployment in this country?  In the midst of South Africa’s deep unrest, 15th July is World Youth Skills Day. Tragically, the country’s youth unemployment rate reached a new record of 32.6%, the highest since the quarterly labour force survey began in 2008, totalling 7.242 million people out of

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Expert: Our kids are “doomscrolling”, and feeling the effects online

Mental Health

A global pandemic, lockdown, fluctuating COVID-19 cases, political corruption, and global instability that includes espionage by cell phone manufacturers and social media companies. The news is largely bad news. “The trend of doomscrolling has never been higher than in 2020. The intersection of a health and financial crisis, the introspection of a lockdown, and increased

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A suicide goes viral on social media: Suicide Prevention Day

Mental Health, Online Safety

Suicide goes viral on social media Thursday, September 10th, is World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) around the world, organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), and co-sponsor World Health Organisation (WHO).   This year, however, we find ourselves within a different context, trying to emerge from various levels of lockdown and re-establish society and

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