Cyber bullying: How To Protect Your Children

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

According to a survey conducted by Google, cyberbullying or virtual intimidation is a phenomenon that is increasingly reaching and affects families with children of all ages. According to the data collected:

71% of students have witnessed bullying directly.

28% of students have suffered bullying.

Between 20% and 30% of students notify an adult about bullying.

81% of students believe that it is easier to do cyberbullying without suffering consequences.

But Google and the Be Great Online campaign are keen to change the statistics through home and classroom education.

“Instead of being witnesses or accomplices, being defenders. Take action and give love to the person being bullied,”says Marinés Duarte, creator of TekkieFam, a new initiative to help other parents guide their children to navigate the digital world. "These are some tips we are focusing on so parents have these conversations with their children."

What else should be done?

They have to talk and see the dangers. Put an agreement, rules and limits because we are not going to allow this part of harassment to someone else. Using their mistakes - that they are going to make, to teach them. Do not scold or take away the cell phone, but dialogue.