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[quote=Anonymous]Our school taught digital citizenship every year. It didn't actually cover anything useful, as far as I heard from my own kids. It was more like all those toothless "everyone should be kind!" messages that do nothing to teach kids how to actually be kind in hard situations (much less impacting the amount of actual bullying that goes on day-to-day).

As far as OP's point about self-forgiveness, I think one thing that's important when it comes to any kind of forgiveness is being able to look the reality of what you did in the face. It gets to be as bad as it actually is. But understanding amends and that the badness can be paid for by acknowledging the issues and making up for it where possible helps a ton! So instead of trying to not emphasize the seriousness because he'll feel guilty, maybe [i]do[/i] emphasize the seriousness by helping him find ways to make up for it. Mess up the Google form? Ask the teacher if there are things you can do after school to help prepare class for the next day for a week. Post a stupid picture on Redfin? Spend time helping with something housekeeping/outdoor chore related since it was Redfin (OK, that's a stretch - maybe you can think of better amends). I think that will do more for the guilty conscience than trying to make light of behaviors AND it will emphasize the importance of good behavior.[/quote]

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