WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP PREVENT CYBERBULLYING?

Protect yourself:

Make sure you make the most out of the privacy setting on the web, mainly on Facebook and social media sites.  Make sure your friends only see what you post.  ALWAYS think before you post anything, what you type always stays on the web, it never can be erased.  Keep personal information like address, phone number, school, credit card number, etc.—online.  Never leave your passwords on your computer to get hacked but, keep them on a flash drive.

Join the fight:  Educate yourself, read whatever you can read to know what it’s about and how to stop it.  Educate others on what you went through.  Speak out to others on what you went through, or if you know someone that is being cyberbullied or bullied. 

Tips to Help Stop Cyberbullying for kids and teens.

Know that it is never your fault, nobody deserves to be bullied/cyberbullied.  Don’t respond or retaliate, this show them that they have the control over you, walk away.  ALWAYS save the evidence to show someone what they are doing.  ConnectSafely.org/cyberbullying shows how to capture screen shot form your phone and computer.  Reach out for help never go through it alone, if you see someone try to help in any way you can.  But don’t get yourself into trouble along with the bully. 

As a parent always listen to your child, work with your child on taking control of the situation and see if your child can resolve the situation on their own but, if they need help lend a hand.

http://www.deletecyberbullying.org/preventing-cyberbullying/
http://www.connectsafely.org/tips-to-help-stop-cyberbullying/

A bully starts with a person that is different from them.  People get bullied because of the way they look, if they are gay, if they are smarter than others, if they wear glasses, if they are shorter or taller, and just because the bully wants to bully you for no reason.  I was teased a lot because I wear glasses, so I lost them, threw them away, and put them under a car so they would get ran over.  I did everything I could to get rid of them, which I screwed myself in the long run.  If the person is getting bullied so much and nobody steps in to help, instead they will sit there and watch them get bullied.

There is a video on YouTube that was going around for a while where there was a blind person getting bullied, the kid was punching him, swearing at him telling to get the F*** out of here and another kid stepped in and knocked the bully down. You can only take it for so long before they turn on the bully.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbaX90xGm0Q

Now there in a whole new thing going around Cyberbullying, this is harder to deal with because they can do it in secret.  In less the bully doesn’t pay attention and sign it or use their own email address, you have proof. There should be more done about this then what there is.  I see a lot of website talking about what Cyberbullying is, what can be done to help it stop and what the signs are for the bullying.  I mean they get in school suspension, suspension if continues and the expulsion but I think there should be more serious consequence.

I have seen my share of bullying when I was in school, we never had the cyberbullying yet computer where not a big thin yet.  I wasn’t a bully but I was the one who stood up against the bullies to protect the people they were bullying.  Teacher had more control of the situation back then, but not now.  The teacher talks to them, they straighten up for a few days and go right back to it.  The students walk all over the teacher and the students know that, so they can harass, physically touch the other student, and with the computers, each student has their own laptop.  The principle monitors their activity, but they don’t have control over the emails and that is where the cyberbully’e don’t get caught, in less the student turns it in.

The web site americanspcc.org, they give you great tips to stop bullying.  1.  Become a friend to the being bullied.  2.  Tell an adult, teacher, or coach if you are being bullied.  3. Help the person to get out of the situation of being bullied.  4.  Set a good example and don’t bully others. and 5.  Don’t give the bully an audience, standing and cheering for the bully is wrong.

Never give into the bully, take a stand and show them you are not afraid of them.  Showing them your weakness only encourages them more to bully you.  I don’t mean to fight back, in less it goes too far, use your words, not you fists.

http://americanspcc.org/bullying/anti-bullying/