Cyberbulling
Cyberbullying affects many teens daily
What is Cyber Bullying?
Cyber bulling is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidting or threatening nature.
Examples of Cyber Bullying
- Posting unwanted pictures or messages to social media outlets.
- Sending harassing text messages
- Creating fake accounts to impersonate someone else
- Accessing private files or folders on personal computers
Cyber Bullying is very common
- Over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying.
- More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyberthreats online.
- Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet.
- Well over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyber bullying occurs.
Why is Cyber Bullying bad?
- Use alcohol and drugs
- Skip school
- Experience in-person bullying
- Perform poorly in school
- Have lower self-esteem
- Have poorer health
How do you prevent Cyber Bullying
- Understand school rules, some schools have policies to prevent Cyber Bullying.
- Establish rules on technology use at your house.
- Be aware what your kids are doing online.
- Educate your kids and peers about consequences.
- Teaching kids and peers to respect others and to take a stand against bullying of all kinds.
How do you report Cyber Bullying?
- Don't respond to and don't forward cyber bullying messages.
- Keep evidence of cyber bullying. Record the dates, times, and descriptions of instances when cyber bullying has occurred. Save and print screenshots, emails, and text messages.
- Block the person who is cyber bullying.
Some resources to report are:
- To report Cyber Bullying on Facebook go to: https://www.facebook.com/report
- For after school Cyber Bullying go to: http://afterschoolapp.com/contact.html