Woodbury Reports, Inc
Bonners Ferry, ID

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A Culture of E- Cruelty:
How Generation Y Stacks Up

Today's special guest on LA Talk Radios "Parent Choices for Struggling Teens" was Chelsea Krost, 21, a expert on millennial lifestyles and the radio host of The Chelsea Krost Show. Chelsea discussed the rampant problem of cyber bullying with Lon and his co-host David Brinkman, and how technology today for those in generation Y, has made cyber bullying a real problem for today's youth.

"Kids have always been mean, but with today's technology bullying nowadays is rampant and anonymous." Chelsea went on to expand that texting, emails, Facebook and Twitter and MySpace are often open prey for those who bully by posting and commenting on pictures and videos, while doing so anonymously. "There have been too many instances of suicides due to cyber bullying." Using the recent bullying of the bus rider in New York and the posting of the video on YouTube as a prime example of the cruelty that cyber bullying creates.

It is important that parents talk to their kids about social media and the effects that cyber bullying has on others. "This generation is in a dark time due to unemployment, money worries, terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We need to be kinder to each other and help each other."


To listen to the full interview go to A Culture of E-Cruelty: How Generation Y Stacks Up on LATalkRadio.
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Lon Woodbury is the owner/founder of Woodbury Reports Inc. and www.strugglingteens.com. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984 and is the host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens on LATalkRadio Mondays at 12:00pm, Pacific Time, Channel One.

David Brinkman is the Founder and Director of Brinkman House in Bonners Ferry north Idaho, a small program for about 4 boys he calls a family emerging model.

Chelsea Krost is a Millennial Lifestyle Expert, a writer, producer, and TV and radio host who inspires philanthropy among her peers. Her program, The Chelsea Krost Show, is a forum for millennials to "come together, learn, and get motivated to be a success, do great things for their future, and give back to those who are less fortunate." Chelsea has appeared on Anderson, the Today Show and many other top media.

This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, www.springridgeacademy.com, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.