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09-24-2016, 07:30 PM
When an online relationship with a stranger is unhealthy
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The internet can be a thrilling place, full of opportunities to discover something — or someone — new.*
Adolescents and teens k**w this feeling well, but may be more vulnerable to exploitation than any other online user. Amid the fun of exploring the digital world, there is the small risk of developing emotionally and psychologically damaging relationships with strangers.*
SEE ALSO: How to avoid becoming the bully you hate on social media (http://mashable.com/2016/08/28/avoid-becoming-someone-you-hate-online/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That became clear earlier this week when the Daily Mail published (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3790824/Anthony-Weiner-carried-months-long-online-***ual-relationship-troubled-15-year-old-girl-telling-hard-asking-dress-school-girl-outfits-pressing-engage-rape-fantasies.html) an account of an a**nymous 15-year-old who had an explicit online relationship with former New York congressman Anthony Weiner (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/anthony-weiner/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/24/unhealthy-online-relationship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The internet can be a thrilling place, full of opportunities to discover something — or someone — new.*
Adolescents and teens k**w this feeling well, but may be more vulnerable to exploitation than any other online user. Amid the fun of exploring the digital world, there is the small risk of developing emotionally and psychologically damaging relationships with strangers.*
SEE ALSO: How to avoid becoming the bully you hate on social media (http://mashable.com/2016/08/28/avoid-becoming-someone-you-hate-online/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That became clear earlier this week when the Daily Mail published (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3790824/Anthony-Weiner-carried-months-long-online-***ual-relationship-troubled-15-year-old-girl-telling-hard-asking-dress-school-girl-outfits-pressing-engage-rape-fantasies.html) an account of an a**nymous 15-year-old who had an explicit online relationship with former New York congressman Anthony Weiner (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/anthony-weiner/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/24/unhealthy-online-relationship/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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