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Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst

TechCrunch

When he was 10 years old, Patrick Gilligan’s childhood struggle with food began. I still look back on all the time that I spent as a teen, crushed by stigma and afraid to talk about mental health with my friends and family,” says the Stanford grad. The product itself is fairly straightforward.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So how do we teach kids and teens, who often can’t plan past lunch, how to think about their digital footprints and abstract concepts like ethics? Just as media and technology have affected the nature of childhood and education, they’ve also affected the nature of parenting. Check it out, and let us know what you think !

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Host A Giving Is Better Than Receiving Birthday Party That's some great advice based on personal and professional experience from Amy Jussel who is the Founder and Executive Director of Shaping Youth. Amy says that now that her daughter has entered her teen years, they segued to more complex themes.

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Next Gen Favorites: Wattpad

The Verge

I started reading early, and I spent my childhood hungry for stories. When I found it in 2012, the site functioned as a microcosm of teen popular culture, reflecting the platform’s large contingent of Gen Z and millennial users. A nexus where the personal and professional came together. Illustration by Ari Liloan for The Verge.

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Breaking the Cycle & Starting the Mental Health Conversation

Saleforce Nonprofit

MWA partners with Black-led mental health organizations and experts, seeks to train more Black mental health professionals, and aims to raise $100 million over the next five years to cover the cost of mental health expenses that are often a barrier to seeking help.

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Happy Face review: True crime fans, your next TV obsession has arrived

Mashable Tech

Melissa is a wife, a mother, and a professional make-up artist — and the haunted daughter of the Happy Face Killer, Keith Jesperson ( The Substance 's Dennis Quaid). That's the premise of Happy Face , a new true crime drama from The Good Wife creators Robert King and Michelle King.

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Explore Multichannel Fundraising Advice from the Experts

Allegiance Group

For example, the subject line Read our new blog post about childhood literacy likely wont get as many clicks as Fuel Kids Love for ReadingDive Into Our Latest Blog! Example of This Communication Channel The Truth Initiative is a tobacco-prevention campaign aimed at teens and managed by the organization truth. Optimize for mobile.

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