Recently, there has been a surge of concern with the rising number of suicides due to bullying. What’s worse even is that bullying nowadays is not isolated only in schools but also on the Internet and other media.
To stop cyber bullying, we have to first understand what it is. When a minor in any way threatens, harasses or humiliates another via the Internet through forums and especially on social networking sites, this is cyber bullying. Moreover, roles may even interchange between being the bully and the bullied; there already have been documented events of children killing each other as a result of cyber bullying.
To stop cyber bullying, everyone must take part. Parents need to properly guide their children on how to block cyber bullies on the Web, as well as inform the children to tell an adult in the event that someone bullies them. Both the parents and the school should equally be involved in teaching children how to interact responsibly on the Internet. They should not easily give away sensitive personal information to anyone and think thoroughly before they leave statements like status messages that could be used against them since they will not be able to take back anything that they leave out there in the open.
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