Nancy Willard
Nancy Willard
Nancy Willardis an American writer: novelist, poet, author and occasional illustrator of children's books. She won the 1982 Newbery Medal for A Visit to William Blake's Inn...
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A lot of this experimenting and writing and connecting with other people is a very foundational aspect of coming of age, figuring out who I am, presenting information important to me and getting feedback on that. Unfortunately, it's now a process they're going through in public places.
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I've seen reports of children having to change schools. Or children committing suicide. So, ah, yeah, the off-campus activities can have significant harm.
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These activities are causing significant emotional distress to the victims. In some, they are resulting in increasing reports of suicide. In many cases, it contributes to depression, school avoidance and myriad other consequences related to emotional abuse.
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Bring on the snow, if we have to come out with the snow blowers, we will. Fifteen to 20 inches, that is a little scary, but we can handle the 3 to 6 inches.
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But kids who don't have positive real-world relationships will use online social communities to find those kinds of relationships. They're more vulnerable to the dangers present there.
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They are more likely to do things online than they would in the real world. It's the 'You can't see me, I can't see you phenomenon.' There's a perception of invisibility.
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We are seeing online social norms that support really irresponsible communication. Kids think that on the Internet 'I have free speech and I have the right to say what I want without regard to the harm it may cause,' which is obviously not true and is a message that parents need to get across to children.
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Young people don't seem to make a connection with the vulnerability that they can get into by posting themselves publicly.
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How do you establish online friends by talking about the weather?
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We don't really understand something until we have forgotten it.
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the skin of moss / holds the footprints of / star-footed birds.
believe heart belief
What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.
faith roots insignificant
Faith takes root in the insignificant.
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What you need will come back to you.