Digital Friendships : Can online friends be as close as real-life ones?
Hey there, fellow digital adventurers! I’m diving into the intriguing world of online friendships today.
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What matters the most – education, vocational skills or real-life leadership skills?
Greetings, fellow teens. Welcome from the wild ride that is growing up, where decision-making concerning our future is always thrown at us.
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Why it’s beneficial to have diverse friends
We all make friends with those that we are similar to, and those with experiences that we can relate to. We often create a friend group that has minimal diversity.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We live in an incredibly complex, diverse world. However, not all of us feel a sense of belonging. This is the consequence of a system that has diversity without inclusion.
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Peer Pressure and Peer Influence
Have you ever been spending time with your friends and they bring up an activity that you would rather not participate in? However, after a chorus of “come on, don’t be boring” you finally gave in. You know you wouldn’t have done it on your own, and therefore, you have experienced peer pressure.
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The Unrealistic Standards of Body Image
Have you ever shopped for clothes online and seen only thin models sampling the clothes? Or maybe you were watching the match on TV and you saw a Fair and Lovely ad that tells you that no matter how talented you are, it doesn’t matter if you aren’t light skinned.
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Bullying
What is bullying really? We’ve all heard the term flung around liberally, but what does it really mean? Bullying is described as when someone more powerful uses another’s weakness to mistreat them. We see many examples of bullying in entertainment right from “Tom and Jerry” and “Doremon” to Regina George in “Mean Girls.” A lot of the time, the bullying in TV shows and movies is exaggerated for entertainment purposes. This can make it difficult for us to spot bullying when it is happening around us, or even to us.
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Deep Conversations
Make them your Priority.
Your experiences make you different from everybody else. That means the person that you are talking to is different from everybody else as well. Isn’t it wonderful to learn about them? That is why it is essential to treat them with respect and at the same time, be curious about them. When you talk to them, they should be your priority at that moment, like nothing else matters.