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My 12-year-old son and his school friends use a live chat app while they’re playing online video games together. I’ve noticed that some of my son’s friends use terms like “gay” and “Jew” as derogatory terms and that one friend — who, like my son, is white — changed his user name to a racial and sexual slur. I have already had him block that kid and explained the real-world consequences of negative stereotypes. What else should I do?
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