One of the biggest mental health disasters created when we gave our kids access to social media was the onslaught of cyber-bullying. And when parents ask me, "Why are kids so mean to each other today?" I quickly point out "Kids? Have you been on adult Facebook lately?" We can't expect our kids to be kind, understanding, empathetic humans when that isn't be modeled for them by adults online and off. But dealing with bullies is both an art and science and my guest today started a mission to eradicate bullying by empowering the bullied so the bullies lose their power. Nate Webb is a high school counselor who like many of us was bullied growing up pre-Snapchat days, now working on a high school campus, who decided to better understand why bullying exists and made it his mission to help kids rise above. 

As we see what happens to an entire generation learning to communicate with other humans from behind the safety of a screen and a fake Instagram account, robbing kids of learning empathy, just another reason to delay giving your kids access to social media as long as possible. 

Follow him on Instagram @bulliesbe.gone 

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