- Keep your home computer(s) in easily viewable places, such as a family room or kitchen.
- Talk regularly with your child about online activities that he or she is involved in.
- Talk specifically about cyberbullying and encourage your child to tell you immediately if he or she is the victim of cyberbullying, cyberstalking, or other illegal or troublesome online behavior. View the Campaign’s Webisodes with your child and discuss in particular Webisode 5 that addresses cyberbullying.
- Encourage your child to tell you if he or she is aware of others who may be the victims of such behavior.
- Explain that cyberbullying is harmful and unacceptable behavior. Outline your expectations for responsible online behavior and make it clear that there will be consequences for inappropriate behavior.
- Although adults must respect the privacy of children and youth, concerns for your child’s safety may sometimes override these privacy concerns. Tell your child that you may review his or her online communications if you think there is reason for concern.
- Consider installing parental control filtering software and/or tracking programs, but don’t rely solely on these tools.
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Recently a horrible amount of Cyber bullying activity has occurred. It has supposedly been caused by a website reffered to as Ebaums. They use a banana as their strange symbol in order to torment people that have been cyber bullied. I demand that this be looked into, due to the fact that it has caused someones death. Please help with the prevention of cyber bullying and stop Ebaums!
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