A Parent's Guide to Bullying  

How to Respond to Cyberbullying as a Parent

• Tell your child not to respond to rude e-mails, messages, and comments.
• Save the evidence, such as e-mail and text messages, and take screenshots of comments and images. Also, take note of the date and time when the harassment occurs.
• Contact your Internet service provider (ISP) or cell phone provider. Ask the website administrator or ISP to remove any Web page created to hurt your child.
• If harassment is via , instruct your child to “block” bullies or delete your child’s current account and open a new one. e-mail, social networking sites, IM, and chat rooms
• If harrassment is via , change the phone number and instruct your child to only share the new number with trustworthy people. Also, check out phone features that may allow the number to be blocked. text and phone messages
• Get your child’s school involved. Learn the school’s policy on cyberbullying and urge administrators to take a stance against all forms of bullying.
• Make a report to www.cybertipline.com, and if you feel something illegal has occurred, inform law enforcement.

Cyberbullying via kwout

Below is a video compiled by Wired Safety.org, a U.S. charity that serves as an official online safety and help group.  The following video offers an in-depth explanation of cyberbullying prevalence and prevention:

The President and First Lady Michelle Obama discuss how we can all work together to end bullying as an accepted practice and create a safer environment for children everywhere.

Fox News New York airs a feature on cyberbullying via Facebook following the tragic suicide of a teenage girl in Orange County (NY):

Following years of being bullied herself and watching similar hurtful acts happening to those around her, high school senior Kelsey Rowlsen created this short film for a school project detailing her perceptions of bullying and its negative effects:

An ACA Exclusive with Casey Heynes, a young boy that soared to overnight fame after retaliating to years of bullying:

Novus Security has provided this video to properly educate parents on how to address and prevent cyberbullying:

About The Bullying Project » Stop Bullying Now! » Information And Parent/Teacher Resources To Stop Bullies And School Violence via kwout

The Stop Bullying Now Web site is here to help you stop bullying in your school and community. Here you can learn about:

• What works to stop bullying- and what doesn't, and
• Trainings and training materials

We can prevent bullying when:

• Teachers and administrators set consistent limits on bullying behavior, build positive staff-student relationships, support targets of bullying, and help bullies change.
• Parents support targets of bullying and help bullies change. Parents of bullies can build a balance of structure and emotional support, and hold young people responsible for their actions;
• and when youth find ways to bring peaceful peer pressure to bear on bullies; tell adults what they see; and reach out to targets of bullying.

STRYVE - Striving To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere via kwout

STRYVE is a national initiative, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which takes a public health approach to preventing youth violence before it starts. To support this effort, STRYVE Online provides communities with the knowledge and resources to be successful in preventing youth violence. Resources include:

• Access to the latest information and tools
• Effective strategies based upon the best available evidence
• Training and technical assistance
• Online community workspaces
• Connections to other communities

Parents via kwout

WiredSafety.org is a US charity operating online through its thousands of volunteers around the world. It was the first online safety and help group in the world. Originating in 1995 as a group of volunteers rating websites, it now provides one-to-one help, extensive resources, information, and education to people of all ages on a myriad of Internet, mobile, gaming and interactive technology safety issues.

Teen Action Toolkit: Building a Youth-led Response to Teen Victimization via kwout

Founded in 1985, the National Center for Victims of Crime is the nation’s leading resource and advocacy organization for victims of crime. Our mission is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives.  In 2001, the National Center launched its Teen Victim Initiative in response to the high levels of victimization among teens and the lack of services specifi cally for teens. The Teen Victim Initiative builds the capacity of victim service providers to serve teen victims and urges the youth services community to consider victimization among the many risk factors impeding youth’s healthy development.

For a printable version, visit the following link:

http://www.usd250.org/pages/uploaded_files/AntiBullying%20Brochure.pdf

Stop Bullying: Speak Up via kwout

Simon and Schuster Authors Speak Out Against Bullying: