Parents
Parents, by making yourself aware of what your children are doing online, you will be able to stop cyber bullying early if it starts. Check the age restrictions on social networking sites that your children want to visit, install software that can monitor intrusive behaviour, and most importantly talk to your children. Understand what sites they are visiting, who they might be talking to, and to report to you any cyber bullying that they receive. It is also very important that you explain the importance of not cyber bullying others, as well.
The following list of articles and resources has been provided for parents to give them some suggestions and guidelines on how to help protect their children from cyber bullying.
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Wired Safety: The World’s first Internet Safety and Help Group. Available from http://www.wiredsafety.org
A great resource for parents, this site is full of articles, suggestions, resources and guidelines to keeping your children safe while they are on the Internet.
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Cyber bullying. Bullying Blog: Bullying Pictures, Cyber Bullying, Parenting And Teens. Available from http://bullyingpictures.com/category/cyber-bullying-2
This blog can give you other peoples' opinions and answer some of your questions about cell phone use and bullying from a variety of sources. As it is a blog, caution must be used when assessing the validity of the information since any one is able to post comments.
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Cyber Bullying - Parents, What they Can Do. Association for Natural Psychology. Available from http://www.winmentalhealth.com/cyber_bullying_parents.php
This site provides articles and suggestions on how to talk to your children about cyber bullying and how to protect them from cyber bullying.
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How to stop cyber bullying. SafeKids.com. Available from http://www.safekids.com/2009/07/14/how-to-stop-cyberbullying
A great source of resources including “A parent’s guide to Facebook” and “Family Internet Contracts” to help protect your children.
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How to Spot and Stop Cyber Bullying. Life skills 4 kids.com. Available from http://lifeskills4kids.com/kb/2009/03/cyber-bullying
This site includes tips for parents and educators to help prevent cyber bullying as well has how to deal with cyber bullying that has already happened.
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ZoneAlarm SocialGuard. Available from http://www.zonealarm.com
ZoneAlarm Social Guard is a commercial software package available to track and monitor social networking sites such as Facebook. Even if you are not interested in purchasing the software, the information outlined on this site can give parents an idea of what to look for while their children are on the Internet.
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The following YouTube videos contain tips for parents about how to deal with cyber bullying and what to do if your child is being cyber bullied. To watch further videos, simply visit YouTube.com and search for cyber bullying.
The following list of articles and resources has been provided for parents to give them some suggestions and guidelines on how to help protect their children from cyber bullying.
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Wired Safety: The World’s first Internet Safety and Help Group. Available from http://www.wiredsafety.org
A great resource for parents, this site is full of articles, suggestions, resources and guidelines to keeping your children safe while they are on the Internet.
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Cyber bullying. Bullying Blog: Bullying Pictures, Cyber Bullying, Parenting And Teens. Available from http://bullyingpictures.com/category/cyber-bullying-2
This blog can give you other peoples' opinions and answer some of your questions about cell phone use and bullying from a variety of sources. As it is a blog, caution must be used when assessing the validity of the information since any one is able to post comments.
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Cyber Bullying - Parents, What they Can Do. Association for Natural Psychology. Available from http://www.winmentalhealth.com/cyber_bullying_parents.php
This site provides articles and suggestions on how to talk to your children about cyber bullying and how to protect them from cyber bullying.
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How to stop cyber bullying. SafeKids.com. Available from http://www.safekids.com/2009/07/14/how-to-stop-cyberbullying
A great source of resources including “A parent’s guide to Facebook” and “Family Internet Contracts” to help protect your children.
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How to Spot and Stop Cyber Bullying. Life skills 4 kids.com. Available from http://lifeskills4kids.com/kb/2009/03/cyber-bullying
This site includes tips for parents and educators to help prevent cyber bullying as well has how to deal with cyber bullying that has already happened.
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ZoneAlarm SocialGuard. Available from http://www.zonealarm.com
ZoneAlarm Social Guard is a commercial software package available to track and monitor social networking sites such as Facebook. Even if you are not interested in purchasing the software, the information outlined on this site can give parents an idea of what to look for while their children are on the Internet.
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The following YouTube videos contain tips for parents about how to deal with cyber bullying and what to do if your child is being cyber bullied. To watch further videos, simply visit YouTube.com and search for cyber bullying.
Cyber Bullying Prevention: How to Stop Cyber Internet Bullies
Cyberbullying Prevention (Novus Security)