Cyber Bullying
When a child is targeted by another child using technolgy
Seriousness of Cyberbullying
The kind of threat:
- The communication uses lewd language
- The communication insults your child directly (“You are stupid!”)
- The communication threatens your child vaguely (“I’m going to get you!”)
- The communication threatens your child with bodily harm. (“I’m going to beat you up!”)
- There is a general serious threat. (“There is a bomb in the school!” or “Don’t take the school bus today!”)
- The communication threatens your child with serious bodily harm or death (“I am going to break your legs!” or “I am going to kill you!”)
The more repeated the communications are, the greater the threats (or enlarging this to include third-parties) and the more dangerous the methods, the more likely law enforcement or legal process needs to be used. If personal contact information is being shared online, this must be treated very seriously.
Does not have an age limit
Cyberbullying can be found among a wide range of children and adults, anyone that has access to technology can be exposed to cyberbullying.
What is it?
"Cyberbullying" is when a child, preteen or teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. www.stopcyberbullying.org
What are the different types of Cyber bullying?
There are two different types of cyberbullying: Direct attacks, and bullying by proxy. Direct attacks are direct messages, and bullying by proxy is using other people to help cyberbully without the victim knowing.
Other resources on cyberbullying:
Anti-Bullying Awareness - Indirect, Cyber Bullying, Alienated - Lesson - School