Cyberbullying
As a parent you can help prevent cyberbullying by making sure that your computer is in a high traffic area of your home so that you can easily monitor what your kids are doing and seeing on the internet.
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Set up screen names and passwords with your children and regularly go through their buddy lists with them and ask who each person is ("Cyberbullying," n.d.).
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The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) has more information and resources for parents about what they can do to prevent cyberbullying.
PARENTS
STUDENTS
EDUCATORS
As a student you can prevent cyberbullying by refusing to share rumors, pictures, or stories that are being passed around. One way to do this is to simply block messages from people who cyberbully.
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You can also ask your friends not to cyberbully and you can talk to a trusted adult, such as a parent, teacher, counselor, or coach about instances of cyberbullying in your community or school.
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Be a leader in your school and work with other students, administrators, and teachers, to develop rules against cyberbullying ("Cyberbullying," n.d.).
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Cyberbully411 is an effort to provide resources for youth who have questions about or have been targeted by online harassment.
As a teacher you can help prevent cyberbullying by educating your students on (N)ethics (net ethics) and by teaching digital literacy in the classroom (Cyberbullying overview. 2013).
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Work with your school, administrators, and other teachers to develop rules against cyberbullying and to incorporate lessons into the curriculum that address cyberbullying.
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MediaSmarts has great resources for teachers. Their site has adaptable lesson plans and fact sheets to help teach students about cyberbullying.
PREVENT CYBERBULLYING
