With the internet offering many places to chat with friends and meet new people, it also allows for conversations to take place that no one else knows about. Although most interactive websites have controls and limitations to protect your information or to block people you don't want to talk to, there are ways to get around those limitations, having your child exposed to a cyberbully. Most of the time, when a child is being cyberbullied, their parents are unaware of the situation and it makes it hard for their child to come clean about what has been happening to them. I think that society should talk more to children about the affects of cyberbullying and how to prevent it, as well as have more awareness so that children who are being bullied over the internet don't feel so alone, and feel as though they have someone to talk to. Here is a link to a site where you can find out more on cyberbullying and how to prevent it:
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/index2.html
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Cyberbullying should have been predicted been chat rooms and networking sites were created. More and more children are moving in from the outdoor playgrounds and signing into Facebook and World of Warcraft. So are bullies blocked from signing up? Absolutely not. They are included in the mix just like everybody else. So of course they're going to bring their attitude, views, and insults online. Cyberbullying is just like regular bullying except the signs are less visible. The only way a parent will know if their child is being picked on is if they are told by the children. In the good old days the physical signs were obvious and easy to spot but now the signs are internal but just as harmful. Schools are now starting to really crack down on cyberbullying. When I was in high school I heard of a student being denied entrance to the school because of an internet fight she had with a current student of that school. The student being harassed saved and printed out the conversation and then went to the principal with it when she heard that the bully was enrolling.
ReplyDeleteCyberbullying isn't going to stop until serious action is taken against it.
I agree, and I found the link that you provided very interesting. There is a specific section that particularly caught my interest, on the different types of cyberbullies.
ReplyDeleteOn this site, they name four specific types:
"The Vengeful Angel" - Don't see themselves as the bully, but rather a victim who is trying to exact justice on others. However, they have become the victimizer.
"Power Hungry" - This type of bully is usually bullied in offline places, such as school, and take their frustations out online.
"Mean Girls" - This type is listed as the most immature kind of cyberbully, who is bored and looking for entertainment. They gang up on others in chat rooms in order to create an audience and feel better about themselves.
"The Inadvertent Cyberbully" - These bullies respond without thinking, lashing out at anyone who they think is making fun of them. They don't think they are being bullies at all.
http://www.stopcyberbullying.org/parents/howdoyouhandleacyberbully.html
I believe cyber bullying is a major problem. Now that schools are cracking down on bullying in schools, kids are finding other ways to pick on other kids. On web bullying also known as cyber bullying has become the most popular alternative to classic bullying. With cyber bullying kids are less likely to get in trouble then they were before, i believe this is why cyber bullying has become such a problem. Cyber bullying allows kids to pick on other kids without any consequences. With no consequences this can lead to more extreme cases of bullying and in the end could lead to serious problems to those being bullied.
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