Lisa Wright, co-founder of anti-cyberbullying educational initiative Webiket.com, comments on how to deal with cyberbullying: “Remember that establishing trust and engaging in a heart-to-heart conversation earl
A recent viral video of a group of pre-teen kids bullying and berating an elderly bus monitor showed us just how pervasive it is in society for children and teens to be rude and disrespectful to adults. Sadly, this kind of behavior from kids is everywhere, and it only seems to...
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but their action does not directly influence the situation. For instance, it is considered passive for the teacher to only tell the victim what to do: be more assertive, cope with this on your own, or avoid the perpetrator (Troop
“If you’re walking away to a safer place, you’re not talking back, getting upset or crying. You’re basically saying that being teased doesn’t matter to you.” When kids are being cyberbullied, they can walk away or ignore the person who is bullying by logging off the site where...
Some parents might be fair and reasonable and work with you and the children to find a solution to the bullying; others may become aggressive and confrontational themselves. If in doubt, go through the official channels at school and let them handle it. ...
Nowadays, despite centuries of striving for equality, women still face higher levels of discrimination compared to men in nearly every aspect of life. Recently, this systemic inequality has manifested in cyberspace through the proliferation of abusive co
First, don’t sweat the small stuff—with technology, there is a propensity for it to be a cause of anxiety. Unfortunately, any tool can also be used to harass people. It is important to recognize that technology and the Internet are not to blame for cyberbullying; it is merely a ...
Another factor that intrigued us is cyberbullying. A review of literature on this topic concluded that cyberbully is prevalent on the Internet and some 11.2% to 56.9% of Chinese adolescents reported experiences of cyberbullying victimization, the second-highest median rate among nine nations surveyed...
At a time when female lawmakers are quitting over cyber bullying elsewhere -- including in the US and UK -- women's rights advocates say the scale of trolling in India could be an additional barrier to improving gender parity in politics there. According to Amnesty, women politicians in India...