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Yahoo! Supports Safer Internet Day 2011 with Global Online Safety Resources
Fostering safe online experiences is more important than ever as young people are among the first to adopt the technology and gadgets entering our homes. Children as young as 15 months are playing with iPads, approximately 1 in 3 teens in the US are sending over 3000/texts a month and sadly, cyberbullying incidents are on the rise.
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Time to Take the "Cyber" Out of "Cyberbullying"
We don't call it "pencil bullying" when someone uses a wooden stick with lead inside to write someone a threatening note. When a person shakes her fist in front of someone's face, we don't call it "fist bullying." And when kids don't let other kids sit at their lunch table, we don't call it "table bullying."
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"It Gets Better" -- Yahoo!s Contribute Their Stories of Hope
The Yahoo! Trust & Safety team is very proud of Yahoo!'s participation in the "It Gets Better" project, and want to share this message of courage and hope with our readers.
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Is It Really Smart to Give Kids Your Old Smartphone?
Hand-Me-Down Tech May Give Kids More Than You Bargained For I'm the baby of my family, so I was the one who got the hand-me-downs. Nearly every winter coat and pair of snow boots passed from my brother to my sister to me. And while I can't say I loved a certain threadbare, brown corduroy jacket, it kept me warm, and it sure helped me understand the value of a dollar.