Why Social Media Is Ruining Your Self-Esteem—and How to Stop It

May your life someday be as awesome as you pretend it is on Facebook.

Some statistics

  

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The Effects of Social Media

Please take a moment to answer a few questions about social media and self-esteem

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 Suicide on social media a cry for help 

Social media can be life changing. It can lead to depression and suicide.

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Social Media and Self Esteem in Teens

Let’s face it: most teen or tween especially girls would probably never choose to post that frumpy, rolled out of bed late and barely got to school on time while still wearing sweats image on Instagram.

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Why Social Media Is Ruining Your Self-Esteem—and How to Stop It

‘People need to learn to take other people’s social media posts with a grain of salt.’

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Don't let social media literally 
'bother you to death'

14-year-old Nakia Venant

a 12-year-old Georgia girl

a 19-year-old woman in France

19-year-old Abraham Biggs

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teenagers, according to the Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition. Teenage girls attempt suicide more often than boys. Nine out 10 teen suicides happen at home.

 

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Well, I have left k-12 education to purse my doctorate degree at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I'm studying Educational Leadership. My goal is to finish my degree, continue being a CEO at the Family Strong Foundation, and eventually take over the world.

ISTE 2013

Just finished day 1 of ISTE 2013 in San Antonio. It was an informative and productive day. I gathered some very influential resources. The first one I want to share is educade.org. Its a free resource with access to over a 1000 different lesson plans and activities. Visit the website and let me know what you think.
I'll post additional resources in the days to come.

Incentive Store Survey

We would like to know what students in grades 5th to 8th grade would like to have in the Trojan Incentive Store. Please click the link below and take this short survey. You must answer all the questions.

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