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17 year old Rachael Neblett, a victim of cyberbullying, died by suicide October 9, 2007


"If you are a victim of bullying, please tell someone!"


NEWS FLASH

April 15, 2008

KENTUCKY becomes the 35th state to pass an anti bullying law!

Read the new law rated A++ by BullyPolice.org

Does your state have bullying legislation?

BullyPolice.org is a watch-dog organization advocating for bullied children and reporting on state anti-bullying laws.


From Kentucky Attorney General's Office...

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According to a recent article published in the Courier Journal, “bullying is increasingly migrating from the school yard into cyberspace, experts, educations, and students say.” Parents often do not know that their child is a victim of cyberbullying, or that their own child could be a bully. One reason for this is parents are usually not as technologically savvy as their teens, and therefore are not monitoring their children’s internet usage. Ask to see your child’s Myspace profile to ensure appropriate information. Warn your teen that potential employers and college recruiters may access these profiles to check character qualities. 

What are some common cyberbullying tactics parents should know about?

  • Stealing someone’s online name and using it to write nasty rumors, comment, or spread gossip.
  • Altering someone’s message or doctoring photographs to say something different or poke fun at a person.
  • Secretly recording conversations using your cell phone, then playing the recording back for the person being discussed.

Source: ABC PrimeTime “What Parents Need to Know About Cyberbullying”

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Dealing with Cyberbullying

Here are some ways for parents and students to deal with cyberbullying according to I-Safe and the US Department of Health & Human Services:

For Students:

For Parents:

  • Tell a trusted adult about the bullying.
  • Keep your home computer in a location where it can be easily viewed.
  • Don’t open or read messages from known bullies.
  • Establish rules for use and explain that online bullying is unacceptable.
  • Tell your school if the bullying is school-related.
  • Encourage your child to tell you if he or she is a victim of bullying and not to respond.
  • Don’t erase the messages – they may be needed to take action against a bully.
  • Do not erase the messages or pictures; save them as evidence.
  • Protect yourself – never agree to meet with the person or with anyone you meet online.
  • Cyberbullying may violate the Terms and Conditions of email services, Internet providers, Websites, and cell phone companies. Contact these providers and file a complaint.
  • If bullied through electronic chat or instant messaging, inform local police.
  • Contact your child’s school to help you resolve the cyberbullying. Consider contacting the bully’s parent if you can identify them.

Suggestions for Parents when Dealing with Bullying and Cyberbullying

How to Stop or Remove Cyber Info

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Cyperbullying Statistics from I-Safe

  • 22% of students know someone who has been bullied online.
  • 19% of students admit to saying something hurtful to others online.
  • 12% of students have personally become upset by strangers online.
  • 90% of middle school students have had their feelings hurt online.
  • 75% have visited a web site bashing another student
  • 40% have had their password(s) stolen and changed by a bully

Only 15% of parents polled knew what cyberbullying was!

  • Data based on 2005-06 i-Safe survey of 13,000 students in grades 5 to 12. 

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Consequences of Cyberbullying

  • Youths who are harassed are almost three times as likely to carry a weapon to school.
  • Students who are harassed are more likely to report being part of a gang.
  • Harassed students were much more likely to report engaging in self-endangering or harmful behaviors, including a dramatic increase in heavy drug use; they are also twice as likely to consider and/or attempt suicide.

Seattle and King County Department of Public Health in Washington State
(Public Health Data Watch, 2002)

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