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In many cases, schools deal with these matters in-house, counselling the participants and doing their best to re-call the images. In some cases, police are called. They have two options: use their discretion to warn those involved or press charges. But in Victoria, there are no laws written with teen sexters in mind. ''Pressing charges'' [...]
Voltaire captured this new conception of happiness when he said: “Earthly paradise is here where I am,” and that if paradise is here where I am, then happiness is here and now, not yesterday, and even less in some hypothetical future. Throughout the twentieth century, hedonism’s claims grew ever stronger influenced by Freudianism, feminism, and [...]
Frequent social network use releases dopamine in response to online interactions, setting up a potentially addictive cycle, according to Steve Daviss of the Baltimore Washington Medical Center to USA Today."There's good evidence the feedback we get from technology -- the retweets and bings and pings that come out of the phone every time somebody sends [...]
Nearly 1500 people have signed an online petition, ''Stop the Lingerie Football League in Australia'', and the Minister for Sport, Kate Lundy, warned the league was an assault on sport.''Our daughters deserve more,'' she said. ''The LFL is about giving viewers an opportunity to perve on women in gear that looks like it's come from [...]
Someday your phone or laptop might truly be smart: It could diagnose your depression based on your Internet surfing patterns. According to researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology, people suffering from depression tend to spend more time chatting and sharing files with others. Two hundred and sixteen undergraduate students were monitored over a [...]
Self-harm can spread like a virus through friendship networks. And now, new research shows it seems to be spreading throughout NSW. As I reveal in the Herald today, figures released on the Health Statistics NSW website* show the rate of people being hospitalised for self-harm has more than doubled in NSW over the past 10 [...]
When the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy or NAPLAN was introduced in 2008 I thought it was about addressing this inequality. So, when my child sat the test I joked that we should have given the kids chocolate for breakfast so they did badly and the school would get more money. Some mothers [...]
Paul Dillon, author of Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs and Generation Next speaker says “There are so many questions that need answers, but how do parents start talking to their kids about alcohol and drugs? Asking Are you taking drugs?' won't do it, that approach won't give teenagers the information they desperately need to keep themselves [...]
Are you feeling stressed? Are you aware that the World Health Organisation estimates that by 2020, stress related deaths will be second only to cardio-vascular disease? It is also important to remember also that cardio-vascular problems have been linked to stress. You may also be interested in knowing that the impact of stress can be [...]
By the age of two, children normally begin to display the fundamental behaviors of empathy by having an emotional response that corresponds with another person. Sometimes, toddlers will comfort others or show concern for them as early as age two. So, why do adults in the workplace show little or no empathy to others? Many [...]
