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Creating Safe Spaces for Our Youth: A GivingTuesday Campaign
Support STOMP Out Bullying’s mission to create safe spaces for youth on GivingTuesday. Learn about our initiatives that provide Wellness rooms, Helpchat Crisis Line, and National Block It Out Day.
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Wear Blue: Join World Day of Bullying Prevention
Join us Oct 6 2025 for World Day of Bullying Prevention. Wear blue, raise awareness, and take a stand against bullying and cyberbullying.
#BlueUP Landmark Challenge: World Day of Bullying Prevention 2025
Be part of the #BlueUP Landmark Challenge. Landmarks across the US and Canada will shine blue to raise awareness and help end bullying and cyberbullying.
National Suicide Prevention Month 2025: Teen Support
Learn the warning signs, risk factors, and prevention strategies for teen suicide during National Suicide Prevention Month 2025. Hope and help are here.
2nd International Conference on Children’s Rights in Stellenbosch, South Africa
I am just back from a thought-provoking conference experience centered on AI and youth in South Africa. It was hosted at Stellenbosch University, in the Western Cape province about 30 miles east of Cape Town. The specific theme was “Artificial Intelligence, Online Safety and Children’s Rights in the Digital Environment” – areas I am very […]
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Child Rights Impact Assessments (CRIAs) to Support Youth Online
In April 2025, Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, spotlighted the issue of youth online safety by unveiling the Lost Screen Memorial in New York City. This temporary installation, organized by their Archewell Foundation, featured 50 illuminated lightboxes shaped like smartphones. Each displayed the lock screen photo of a child whose […]
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Cultivating Hope in Youth: Our New Research Findings
Discusses new research showing the importance of building hope in youth to prevent online risks and harms.
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Cyberbullying Rates Continue to Climb – Especially Among Boys
We recently collected another round of data from middle and high school students in across the United States. This sample includes about 3,500 English or Spanish speaking 13- to 17-year-olds. We used age, race, gender, and region quotas to match U.S. Census demographics as closely as possible. This is the fifth national survey we’ve conducted […]
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Suicide Prevention Should Never Be Defunded: Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in Crisis
LGBTQ+ youth are at risk of losing access to the suicide prevention lifeline due to federal cuts. Our HelpChat Crisis Line supports ALL youth 13–24. We need 3,000 donors to step up now. Your support keeps our crisis lines open for vulnerable youth.
Drug Availability on Social Media
NOTE: Since April 2020, we have been offering every one of our presentations and trainings in virtual modalities (e.g., Zoom, WebEx, Teams). Reach out if you need specifics, as we’ve optimized the way we engage with our audiences from afar! This training will help parents, educators, and other youth-serving adults understand how online environments can contribute to […]
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Online Aggression and PTSD Symptoms: New Findings on Traumatic Outcomes
A couple of years ago, I explored the concerning link between bullying and trauma, and summarized the existing research that showed how repeated harassment involving peers at school should be considered an Adverse Childhood Experience that has the potential for long-term traumatic impacts on healthy youth development. At the time, I suggested that cyberbullying – […]
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Year One of a Phone-Free School
In my last piece, I shared about the inconclusive research findings associated with banning student phones at school and the outcomes of academic achievement and positive mental health and well-being. I argued that we shouldn’t treat these devices as a singular crisis, because social, cultural, and contextual factors all strongly affect how students do scholastically […]
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Beyond Visibility: Uplifting Trans Joy, Stories, and Action
Every year on March 31st, we observe International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV)—a time to recognize and celebrate the strength, brilliance, and humanity of transgender and non-binary people around the world.
Student Phones, School Bans, and Youth Mental Health
The anxiety surrounding smartphones’ impact on youth mental health has reached a fever pitch, and I am getting an increasing number of inquiries from educators about what they should do as they approach summer, revisit their school policies, and prepare for the next academic year. Many administrators and teachers have read social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s […]
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Instagram’s School Partnership Program – Prioritized Reporting to Help Students
As Youth Advisory Board members for Meta for almost a decade, Justin and I get the opportunity to use our research findings to shine a spotlight on how their products and services can be improved to better safeguard and support teens. One gap that I’ve always believed could be spanned is the one between social […]
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A Teen’s View of Social Media in 2025
For our newest installment in our annual series, I’d like to introduce you to my sixteen year-old friend Elly as she sketches out the scene of modern digital life among adolescents these days. Consider this a boots-on-the-ground report covering some really relevant topics – how TikTok’s algorithm sometimes swings wildly, why Snapchat’s “private” stories require […]
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What is Cyberbullying?
“What is Cyberbullying?” is one of the most frequent questions we are asked because many know what it is when it happens, but have trouble wrapping succinct descriptive words around it. Formally, we define it as “willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices” (from Bullying Beyond […]
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The SAFEST Model: Streamlining EU Youth Online Safety Legislation
Research demonstrates that social media offers young people significant benefits while simultaneously presenting notable risks. These services enable vital social connections, foster learning and skill development, provide safe spaces for identity exploration (especially crucial for underrepresented youth), and create opportunities for civic engagement and activism. However, these advantages are accompanied by a variety of potential […]
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