When we were kids, bullying ended at 3:00 PM when the school bell rang. Today, it follows children through their front door, sits down at their dinner table, and slips directly under their pillows at 2 AM.

Modern relational aggression has evolved from hallway confrontations into relentless, 24/7 digital assaults. Between disappearing Snapchat messages, toxic group chats, anonymous school poll apps, and deliberate digital exclusion, adolescents are constantly swimming in high-stakes social surveillance [2, 3]. When a child's bedroom is no longer a psychological sanctuary, their nervous system lives in a permanent state of fight-or-flight.

In Episode 31 of The Unplugged Life, we deconstruct the architecture of digital bullying. Learn why online relational aggression hits girls and boys with different neurological intensities, the critic ...