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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Information Disclosure on MySpace--the What, the Why and the Implications
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De Souza, Zaineb; Dick, Geoffrey N. – Pastoral Care in Education, 2008
This paper reports the results of the first academic study of the use of a major social networking website, MySpace, by children. The study examined the degree of, and reasons for, information disclosure by children in high schools in Sydney, Australia. Social networking sites such as MySpace are a huge Internet phenomenon, some with hundreds of…
Descriptors: Privacy, Foreign Countries, Internet, Web Sites
The Impact of Parental Bipolar Affective Disorder on Adolescent Behaviour--Positive Messages to Young People, Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals Working with Children Whose Parents Suffer from Mental Health Problems
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Olliver-Kneafsey, Kate; Thornton, Ev; Williamson, Wendy – Pastoral Care in Education, 2008
The impact of parental mental health difficulties on the developing child is well evidenced and documented. In this article Kate Olliver-Kneafsey, Ev Thornton and Wendy Williamson suggest that despite the difficulties young people face when parental mental illness is a feature of family life, it is not all gloom and doom, and give some important…
Descriptors: Family Life, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Young Adults