Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, Internet Safety The Parent Journey Bullying, Cyber-Bullying, Internet Safety

Definition of Bullying/Harassment Bullying/Harassment means physically, verbally or emotionally hurting someone on purpose. It is unwanted and repeated.

REPEATED IMBALANCE OF POWER PURPOSEFUL Bullying/Harassment REPEATED IMBALANCE OF POWER PURPOSEFUL

Indirect Bullying can be: Getting another person to bully for you Intimidation Spreading Rumors and Gossip Deliberately excluding someone Relational aggression: gossip, lies, betrayal Cyber-bullying

CYBERBULLYING Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.

Children, Preteens and Teens: Use Instant Messages (IM) to Talk Back and Forth to their Friends: Social Networks Might Create their Own World, on Websites or Profiles Compete to See Who Has the Most Friends on “Buddy” List Often Do Not Understand How Large the Cyber World is (WWW) World Wide Web Posting and Viewing Videos Playing Games

Online Gaming Used to Be for Solitary Playing Now Multi-Players Examples of sites: Runescape, World of War Craft, Club Penguin, WeeWorld Safety Tips: No sharing of personal information, Teach how to report on the sites, (bullies), set time limits

Why Cyberbullying is Different? It can happen any time of the day or night Messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience

Consequences of Cyber-bullying More People are Exposed to the Bullying Cyber-bully Feels Invisible Easier to Not Have Empathy, Can’t “See” the Victim Person Might Not Be Aware They are a Victim Embarrassment, Conflict, Hurt, Anger, Depression, Isolation, Suicide

How To Prevent Cyber-Bullying Be aware of what your kids are doing online Set rules about technology use

What Can You Do To Reduce or Stop Cyber-bullying Change the Cell Number or E-mail Address Use “Blocks” or “Private” Feature Report Bully to Your Internet Provider Don’t Respond to Bully Teach Netiquette, Discuss Responsible Internet Behavior Listen to Your Child Discourage the Use of Personal Data “Google” your child’s name

A Few Basics: Internet Safety Begin to Catch Up; They Know Too Much More Than We Do Become an Active On- Line Parent Share Your Concerns But Don’t Over-React or Under-React View Their Profile or Web Page Tell Them You’ll be Monitoring Move the Computer to an Open Area Wandering online can lead to trouble: set time limits

Social Networking Sites Facebook Twitter Tumblr Instagram YouTube Flickr Ask.fm

Resources/Websites Internet Safety www.netsmartz.or www.esrb.org (gaming info) www.stopbullying.gov www.isafe.org

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