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Speaking about the girl’s 18,000 followers on Tumblr who saw photos of her self-harming and posts about drinking and taking cocaine, her mother said: “She didn’t think she could have friends in the real world. I told her it wasn’t real. It was scary.” Online friendships and connections are real, especially real to teenagers. I remember how important my friendships with people from across the world I met through the Courtney Love and Hole forum were when I was a 14-year-old and being bullied at school. Telling teenagers their online life is “not real” is rarely going to help...
Reported by Anorak 12 hours ago.
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Speaking about the girl’s 18,000 followers on Tumblr who saw photos of her self-harming and posts about drinking and taking cocaine, her mother said: “She didn’t think she could have friends in the real world. I told her it wasn’t real. It was scary.” Online friendships and connections are real, especially real to teenagers. I remember how important my friendships with people from across the world I met through the Courtney Love and Hole forum were when I was a 14-year-old and being bullied at school. Telling teenagers their online life is “not real” is rarely going to help...
Reported by Anorak 12 hours ago.