Cyberbullying

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Establishing Safeguards to Prevent Legal Trouble Online: A guest post from Carver, Cantin & Mynarich

As parents, we know excessive screen time and online mischief can impact our kids’ physical and mental health, grades, spirituality, and values. What we often forget or don’t realize, though, is getting into trouble online can have legal consequences for our kids. Today’s guest post from Carver, Cantin & Mynarich offers their legal perspective on …

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Cyberbully or victim? Here’s what research says about kids who bully (or are bullied) online

Which kids will be bullied online? Which kids will become the bullies? According to this study, it all comes down to why they log into social media.   Researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Iowa examined data from 340 teens in a national survey. The teens had been asked about their …

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Rebecca Black Writes About Cyberbullying in NBC Essay: “It was open season and I was the target.”

Rebecca Black was only thirteen years old when her music video, “Friday,” went viral. A deluge of scorn and mockery followed. Six years later, she opened up about her experience in an essay on NBC: “What I Learned from Being a Target of Internet Hate at Age 13.”   As parents, when we read about …

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Cyberbullying– The stats say it’s affecting YOUR kids

Is your family looking for a meaningful New Year’s resolution with far-reaching consequences? Check out these statistics about cyberbullying to spark a conversation in your family about why cyberbullying hurts and what each person can do to end it!   *58% of kids admit someone has said something mean to them online. Almost half of …

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Teens consider cyberbullying worse than face to face

  Vodafone commissioned a survey from YouGov to ask 4,720 teenagers about cyberbullying. Sure enough, cyberbullying is a part of many teenagers’ lives, whether they or a friend have been affected.   Interestingly enough, over half of teenagers consider cyberbullying worse than face to face harassment. Cyberbullies have the advantages of anonymity and ubiquity. Their targets …

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