Case Study: Attacked from All Sides

Eric gets a lot of pressure from his parents to do well in school. Other kids in his school tease him because he works so hard but he still gets poor test scores. He gets instant messages and text messages during the day and at night about his poor grades. The word “loser” is in most of them, and the language becomes stronger every day. Today he received a text message from another number he did not recognize, with a photo of his body and a turkey’s head. A thought bubble above the picture reads: “Why am I so STUPID? What the *!*#&** I am.” Eric thinks Alexis, the most popular girl in his school, is behind the message.

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