Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

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Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Kids and Children

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Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

Cyberbullying or cyberharassment is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic forms of contact. Cyberbullying has become increasingly common, especially among teenagers.

Know that You are Lucky

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

Know that you’re lucky if your child asks for help. Most young people don’t tell their parents about bullying online or offline. So if your child’s losing sleep or doesn’t want to go to school or seems agitated when on his or her computer or phone, ask why as calmly and open-heartedly as possible.

Feel free to ask if it has anything to do with mean behavior or social issues. But even if it does, don’t assume it’s bullying. You won’t know until you get the full story, starting with your child’s perspective.

Work With Your Child.

There are two reasons why you’ll want to keep your child involved. Bullying and cyberbullying usually involve a loss of dignity or control over a social situation, and involving your child in finding solutions helps him or her regain that.


Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

The second reason is about context. Because the bullying is almost always related to school life and our kids understand the situation and context better than parents ever can, their perspective is key to getting to the bottom of the situation and working out a solution.

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

You may need to have private conversations with others, but let your child know if you do, and report back. This is about your child’s life, so your child needs to be part of the solution.

Respond Thoughtfully, not Fast

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

What parents don’t always know is that they can make things worse for their kids if they act rashly. A lot of cyberbullying involves somebody getting marginalized (put down and excluded) which the bully thinks increases his or her power or status.

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

If you respond publicly or if your child’s peers find out about even a discreet meeting with school authorities, the marginalization can get worse, which is why any response needs to be well thought out.

More than One Perspective Needed.

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

Your child’s account of what happened is likely completely sincere. but remember that one person’s truth isn’t necessarily everybody’s. You’ll need to get other perspectives and be open-minded about what they are. Sometimes kids let themselves get pulled into chain reactions, and often what we see online is only one side of or part of the story.

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Listen Your Child

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

What victims say helps most is to be heard really listened to either by a friend or an adult who cares. That’s why, if your kids come to you for help, it’s so important to respond thoughtfully and involve them. Just by being heard respectfully, a child is often well on the way to healing.

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

Self Respect

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

The ultimate goal is restored self-respect and greater resilience in your child. This, not getting someone punished, is the best focus for resolving the problem and helping your child heal. What your child needs most is is to regain a sense of dignity. Sometimes that means standing up to the bully, sometimes not. Together, you and your child can figure out how to get there.

Positive Outcome

One positive outcome we don’t often think about (or hear in the news) is resilience. We know the human race will never completely eradicate meanness or cruelty, and we also know that bullying is not, as heard in past generations, “normal” or a rite of passage.

We need to keep working to eradicate it. But when it does happen and we overcome it our resilience grows. It’s not something that can be “downloaded” or taught."

Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

So sometimes it’s important to give them space to do that and let them know we have their back.

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Tips To Stop Cyberbullying for Parents

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