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In the video, students share various challenges they face in their daily lives, highlighting the need for comprehensive health education.
- Students discuss issues such as bullying, peer pressure, and social media addiction
- Mental health concerns and body image issues are mentioned
- The importance of addressing emotional and social challenges is emphasized
Kid 1 in Shown Video
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Sometimes it's not always easy being the kid because when you're a kid, people, like, bully
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I get really mad when people make fun of me.
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A lot
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There's a lot of, like, drama my parents find kinda silly.
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But at my age, it's, like, a kind of a big deal.
Despina Zaharakis
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you.
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We struggle with bullying, social media, as well as mental health.
Kid 2 in Shown Video
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Peer pressures.
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Kids my age are, like, drinking, vaping, and, like, smoking.
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Me and my friends have dealt with a lot of drama.
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of drama.
Kid 3 in Shown Video
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It's hard.
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It's hard to be at school and get all the work done and still prioritize things like sleep.
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It's challenging.
Kid 4 in Shown Video
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Me and my friends are always on our phone.
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Like, it really is hard to, like, not be on it because it's just so addictive to you.
Kid 5 in Shown Video
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Every morning, we wake up, check our phones.
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So everything on social media impacts us dramatically.
Kid 6 in Shown Video
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At least in my case, like, all these girls with, like, really perfect bodies, like, super skinny.
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It's kind of hard not to feed into, like, this thought that I need to look like that.
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I need to be perfect.
Rita Joseph
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So, yeah.
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There's, like, a lot of stuff, but, like, a lot of, like, emotional stuff go into it.
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You face, like, big decisions every day.
Teacher in Shown Video
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Going up that balloon.
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Let it out.