Preventing+and+dealing+with+cyber+bullying

~CYBER BULLYING~
 

**What is Cyber Bullying?** Cyber bullying is a type of bullying that is done by using any communicable media. Basically, it is when a person is embarrassed, humiliated, threatened or tormented by others through the internet. Even a short, simple message sent can be considered cyber bullying. Suppose you open your inbox or anything that you can use for communication, and see an unfamiliar address or number, you open it, and see bad things written about you. You don't know who wrote it, and why the unknown person sent it to you. This is cyber bullying; when people bully or say bad things about you "indirectly" through media, such as blogs, chatrooms, e-mail, or text messages. It usually happens to pre-teens or teens, right when you start using various websites to communicate or write about things you want people to know about. Cyber bullying may include threats, humiliation, embarrassment, harrasment in an inderect way as it was written above. There are atleast 50% of people who go through Cyber bullying every year.

**How do you deal with cyber bullying?**

Cyber bullying is a very common thing and once you start getting cyber bullied, it is hard to deal with. It is important to tell a grown-up that you trust, but not many of the teen agers in the world like to tell grown-ups about their problems. So it is important to tell a child about netiquette (online etiquette) once he/ she starts to use computers. Parents can also prevent their children from bullying or getting bullied through networks through teaching them manners in their daily life.

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Usually a lot of people get scared and can't get themselves to calm down. But one thing that everyone should do is **__NOT to REPLY__** to the mail or chat. People often write "stop it" or "who are you" or "why are you doing this". But it won't help unless an authority takes action; so it is important to tell an adult even if you hate telling things to adults or a confidant. It is important to tell an adult because they give good adivce and also knows what should a teenager do when this is happening. The steps that people should take are: 1, Block the address from the network site or your inbox; 2, Report the happening to the site manager or even an adult. 3, Leave the site, chatroom or blog; 4, Go on the internet search and search for how to prevent cyber bullying. [] [] []

If you want to read some stories about cyber bullying go to [] and read it. You will see how bad it is if you don't tell any adult about your bullying. If you don't want any cyber bullying or even any bullying then you should tell an adult other wise the same can happen to you if you don't tell any adult. But the teens should know how to use their websites correctly and if any of the teenagers that are signed in any communicable site should be kept private. If you don't know how to keep it private then ask a adult or do not use any of those sites which you don't know how to handle well. People normally start using Facebook, twitter, hi5 when they hit maybe 11 or 12. But you should start using those sites when you know everything about it, you should know if it is safe for YOU and not others, you should know if you can handle it.If cyber bullying keeps

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 * Here are some links to videos about cyber bullying:**
 * its the Yo Teach video . Although it doesn't give very much idea of Cyber Bullying however you still will be able to get some basic idea about what Cyber Bullying is.
 * It's especially recommended for the parents - to avoid your child getting bullied.
 * This video is appropriate for all age groups, and often used in classes as well.
 * It contains students idea and advise about cyber bullying

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 * Here are some of the Cyber Bullying Fact Videos:**

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 * Some stories and unfortunate situations about Cyber Bullying**

**__Refrences:__**
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