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Protecting Student Privacy While Using Online Educational Services - Student Privacy and Online Educational Services (February 2014).pdf. Cyber Bullying Virus. Online Safety Guide. Home / Kids' Safety / Safety Guide Keeping children safe on the Internet is everyone's job. Parents need to stay in close touch with their kids as they explore the Internet.Teachers need to help students use the Internet appropriately and safely.Community groups, including libraries, after-school programs, and others should help educate the public about safe surfing.Kids and teens need to learn to take responsibility for their own behavior -- with guidance from their families and communities.It's not at all uncommon for kids to know more about the Internet and computers than their parents or teachers.

If that's the case in your home or classroom, don't despair. You can use this as an opportunity to turn the tables by having your child teach you a thing or two about the Internet. Ask her where she likes to go on the Internet and what she thinks you might enjoy on the Net. A little perspective from a parent who's been there The challenges posed by the Internet can be positive. Cyberbullying. Star wars kid VS Yoda. Cyber Bullying Part Two. If you have not yet done so, please read the first instalment of this two-part feature on cyber bullying. "There is a belief that cyber bullying isn't a big deal," says Justin Patchin, PhD, assistant professor of criminal justice in the department of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.

"Like traditional bullying, it's seen as a rite of passage; something that everyone goes through. " Dr. Patchin is among a handful of researchers changing public perception on the seriousness of the issue. It's an uphill battle: parents are often in the dark about what goes on in their children's world of Internet and text messaging communication. And they often don't realize that the capacity for harm in the cyber world can be much faster, more widespread and, just as damaging, than in the playground. Dr. Dr. The anonymity and distance created by the internet and other modern technologies can have other effects. Dr. What parents can do Dr.

Dr. Dr. The moral of the story? Bullying UK - Part of Family Lives, Help and support for the nation. What to do about bullying. Thinkuknow - home. Safebook. Emma's Story - Cyberbullied by a Best Friend Video. STAR WARS KID: ORIGINAL. Let's Stop Bullying: Advice for Young People. Let's stop Advice for Young People Nobody has the right to hurt other people by hitting them, kicking them, calling them names, spreading rumours about them or by doing anything else which is intended to be upsetting. Bullies try to justify their actions by saying that it is their victim's fault for being different.

They may pick on someone who is tall or small, or fat or thin, or wears glasses, or has a different accent, or another religion, or is shy or clever, or good looking, or disabled or . . . Any excuse will do, and if there is no real difference then the bullies will invent one. If this is happening to you tell yourself that it is not your fault, and that it is the bullies who need to change, not you. What To Do Talk to someone you can trust, a teacher, parent, older friend or relative.Be persistent. What Not To Do Adult Bullying Bullying is wrong whatever the age of the person who is bullying you. If this is happening at school you can talk to your parents.

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