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A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Bullying provides parents with an overview of Texas bullying and cyberbullying laws. This video clarifies the difference between bullying, rude, and mean behaviors. It provides useful guidelines to working… Read Here

David’s Legacy Foundation was created to help keep kids safe from bullies with resources for families, educators, law enforcement and members of the community. In 2016, David Molak ended his life by suicide after relentless cyberbullying on social media … Read Here

Listen or watch on your favorite platform Show Notes In this conversation, parent survivor Maurine Molak shares the story of her son David, who experienced relentless cyberbullying which led to his tragic suicide. The cyberbullying occurred mainly on… Read Here

Dozens of parents who blame online abuse for their child’s death were in Washington last week for a Senate judiciary hearing Read Here

Maurine Molak speaks with CNN’s Jake Tapper Read Here

The CEOs from five of the largest tech companies are set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to answer questions about how their addictive products have failed to keep minors safe.  Read Here

David’s Law 2.0 is protecting kids and empowering schools Read Here

‘Social Media Safety Day’ takes place in San AntonioIt’s a campaign made to protect children online. Read Here

In 2016, my family’s world was shattered by the death of our youngest son, David. At just 16 years old, David took his own life after months of being continually harassed, humiliated, and threatened by a group of students through text messages and social media. In the last several months before his death, our previously joyful David became utterly overwhelmed by the constant online barrage of abuse directed toward him; as well as the damaging mental health effects of the design features and content he was exposed to prior to… Read Here

In this Learning Lab episode, host Stephanie Peterson sits down with Maurine Molak, co-founder of David’s Legacy Foundation, to discuss what bullying is and the profound negative impact it has on youth mental health when left unaddressed. Read Here