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Fort Worth City Councilman Joel Burns spoke recently, sharing his own personal story as well as a message of hope that things can improve. It is available on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax96cghOnY4 And here is an article describing the movement that followed that speech: http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/25/it-gets-better/ Here is an article for parents concerned for their teen: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-harold-koplewicz/gay-teen-suicide_b_760093.html

This article describes how a mom created a card game to foster better communication for families: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/12/1868741/kendall-mom-creates-card-game.html

This is a very personal post by Dan Pearce, who writes the blog single dad laughing. He shares his on experience and perspective as someone who was bullied, and as a single dad. Please note that he wrote some follow up articles, linked at the end, to clarify some of his points that some readers […]

Apple has won a patent that allows parents to set parental controls for content of texts. For more information: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/13/apples_anti_sexting_patent_generating_big_buzz.html http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2010/10/13/apple-wins-patent-to-censor-iphone-texts/ http://www.salon.com/life/teenagers/?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/10/14/sexting_censors http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/2010/11/apple_takes_bite_out_of_sextin.html

This article describes a teacher’s initiative to use online communication as a tool between teachers, students, and parents: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-kolbert/post_1010_b_751914.html