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• I Will Browse the Internet Or Social Media Instead of Work in a Productive...

  And I would just like your name. To rethink her path. Jardine gaped, awestruck at Lizzie's punk-rock move to a vacuous room in a candy-pastel beach city, with n... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020

• I Rush Other Tasks Because I Spend Too Much Time on My Device Or Computer

  Because I wanted to shut up the now-nagging voice and I also wanted to put off looking for a job, I grabbed my house keys, shoved on the boots, and for some... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020

• My Family Complains About How Much Time I Spend on My Device Or Computer

  Maybe I should focus on something smaller, like a better job or seeing myself living in a sunshine-filled state. And there were nights that were not. Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020

• The First Thing I Do in the Morning is Look at My Device

  Oh God, what am I going to do to get out of here? We're gonna be happy if we look ragged and torn by the end of our time on earth and we'll even be okay with... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020

• I'd Rather Be Online Than Doing Anything Else When I'm at Home

  If I think of biting into a peeled lemon, really chomping on it, instantly my mouth starts to water. She gets the payback of blue sky, new friends with... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2020

• You Are Being Emotionally Manipulated by Your Partner

  In a situation like this, where there is a power differential, documenting all communications and/or involving an advocate may be necessary, but it is hard to... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Resolve Conflict Well

  The clearest possible illustration of that comes via the incident involving our tiny daughter's bum. Lauren was only two months old when I noticed a little... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Understand the Boundaries of the Relationship

  Soon enough, Rob and I would pick up that heavy yoke of frustration, sadness and desperation as we, too, searched for answers to questions arising from a seemin... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Have No Concerns of Violence Or Other Forms of Abuse

  Lauren fought so hard to feed Colin. She shared with me during evening phone calls her nervous countdown to each doctor's appointment, and she would report in t... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Communicate Clearly and Honestly Without Fear of Consequences

  I can't say for sure, but I believe that those feelings may have stemmed from the prevailing online attitude that it wasn't a real birth experience unless you... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Maintain Their Individuality and Respect the Individuality of the Other

  We're on our way! Within half an hour, my sister and her family were headed to our lake house to clean up dinner leftovers, take care of our two little dogs... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Trust Each Other Implicitly

  Only possibilities. In an age where we can turn to pocket pals like Siri or Google for resolutions to almost every big question or trivial pursuit, we found... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Do an Offline Activity to Relax

  At this second memorial, the grieving widower's soft words weren't punctuated by the wails of his small son; It was a marked difference from the Ottawa... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Minimise Your Social Media Time - the Real World Can Be Far More Interesting

  But I also took the opportunity to thank my husband, Rob, publicly for the amazing job he'd done as the stay-at-home father to our daughter. Lauren did what... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Contact the Police If You Feel It's Gone Too Far Or Includes Threats of Violence

  She walks among the valleys now, she strides upon the hill. Her smile is in the summer sky, her grace is in the breeze. Her memories whisper in the grass, her... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Keep Your Child's School Updated If the Cyberbully is Someone from School

  We struggled to find a place to hold it, as May is the time for graduations and weddings and there were very few suitable options available. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Stop Any Auto-feeds and Turn off Notifications

  I was grateful to be able to do something besides cry and grieve. And soon I was able to turn around and make our friends laugh too: when our server told us tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Block the Bully and Update Your Privacy Settings

  He told us through tears that he missed hearing her voice as much as we did. And that moment of great sadness in listening to Lauren's clear, strong singing... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Do You Check Social Media When You're Supposed to Be Doing Other Things, Like...

  It turned out to be a wise choice. We sat, heads bowed, as our recorded voices spoke of gratitude for the fact that she did not die after her husband had slippe... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2020

• Do You Become Anxious If You Don't Have an Opportunity to Check Your Social...

  It doesn't seem illogical then to choose to interpret that timely little random social media gesture as Lauren's way of getting through to me to say she'd be... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2020