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__//**Cyber Bullying**//__- Bullying over the internet or over text messaging with a group of others of any age.

__//**Statistics**//__

__//Webster, Richard. "Cyber Bullying Statistics - Bullying Statistics." Bullying Statistics - Teen Violence, Anger, Bullying, Treatment Options. National Crime Prevention Council, 2004. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. .//__

1. Cyber bullying is very damaging to alot of victims. 2. Cyber bullying is made with other people texting rude pictures, threatening messages, and hurting them over the internet. 3. More then 1 of 3 young kids have had threats over the internet/text messages. 4. Over 25% of teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet. 5. Over half of the kids/teens have not told there parents that they have been bullied. 6. About 1 in 5 teens have sent sexually suggestive things or nude pictures of themselves to others teens. 7. Mostly girls are more of the bullies with cyber bullying more then guys are. 8. Almost half of teens/kids have experienced some type of cyber bullying, and 10 to 20% experience it regularly. 9. Boys are threatened more then girls are. 10. Most of the time the bullies have a lower self of steam.

David Knight of Burlington, Ontario
__//Jackson, Drew. "About Cyberbullying -- Examples of Cyberbulling." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies - The University of British Columbia. 18 Apr. 2005. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. //__

A kid named David Knight lived in Ontario. He was cyber bullied on the internet, there was a page on how bad he was. They said how he was a pedophile and used the "date rape drug" and he got nasty comments. He got bad e-mails on that he was gay and that no one likes him and should never talk to anyone again. He committed suicide. It happened on October 10, 2002.

__//**Way's that parents can prevent cyber bullying is**//__...

__//"What Parents Can Do About Cyberbullying — National Crime Prevention Council." Home — National Crime Prevention Council. National Crime Prevention Council. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. .//__

1. They can check up on any online profiles they have. 2. Tell your child to not give personal information away to others. 3. Don't send messages when you're angry, people will not like it and also they might tell anyone what happened (if it was an angry message). 4. Parents could teach the child when they are young to tell the parents what is happening that is wrong. 5. Or you could teach the child to not be mean to others even if they did something wrong.

__//**What are some ways parents can EFFECTIVELY address cyber bullying?**//__

__//Martin, Keith. "Preventing Cyberbullying in Schools and the Community - National Center." National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention - National Center. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. //__

1. ISP lets parents monitor their children’s Internet activities. 2. You find out who the cyber bully is then calmly but firmly ask the bully to remove the bad messages. 3. Talk to you child about the things that are happening on the phone/ computer. 4. Check up on the kids profiles every month or something like that.

__//**What are some of the negative effects bullying can have on adolescences?**//__

__//Martin, Keith. "Preventing Cyberbullying in Schools and the Community - National Center." National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention - National Center. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. //__

1. Suicide. 2. Family effects would be depresses with the parents. 3. Friends will be very upset. 4. Alot more things in school about cyber bullying/ bullying altogether.

__**//Identify ways cyberbullying is taking place outside of school.//**__

__//"Wired Kids Summits: Cyberbullying - Youth-Empowered Solutions." Web. 28 Sept. 2011. .//__

1. It is taking place on internet sites that are very popular. 2. Or it is taking place on cell phone by mostly text messages. 3. Also with E-mailing sending mean or nasty messages.

__//**Locate ways parents can identify cyber bullying.**//__

__//"Cyberbullying." KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health. Web. 28 Sept. 2011. //__.

1. One way is they can look on there internet profiles and look. 2. They can keep track of there e-mails and see what they get. 3. Or they can look at there text messages. 4. And they could talk to the child to see if anything is wrong. 5. the child could be acting a little different. 6. could contently mad or angry with people even if they didn't do anything.


 * __//What are some resources that parents have in dealing with cyber bullying?//__**

//__1. "What Parents Can Do About Cyberbullying — National Crime Prevention Council." Home — National Crime Prevention Council. National Crime Prevention Council. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. .__// //__2. Jackson, Drew. "About Cyberbullying -- Examples of Cyberbulling." School of Library, Archival and Information Studies - The University of British Columbia. 18 Apr. 2005. Web. 27 Sept. 2011. .__//


 * //__What are some specific policies/rules that can help alleviate the problem of cyber bullying?__//**

__//© WiredKids, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. .//__

1. They can find out what type of things they are saying on there account online. 2. They have the the rule as the school can help out with looking at the things the bully posted or look at there computer. 3. It will show the things that the bully posted about the victim. 4. One rule is that you have to tell an adult about what is happening.

__//**Identify what the laws indicates about individual's rights and cyber bullying.**//__

__//"Cyberbullying Rights and Responsibilities: Backgrounder for Teachers - Backgrounder." Media Awareness Network | Réseau éducation Médias. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. .//__

1. One right that they have is they have the right to have any personalities they would want. 2. A right to learn in a safe school. 3. One law is that harassment is illegal. 4. Also saying mean things about that child that hurts them is a rule that people tend to brake.


 * //__What are steps that you can take to pursue legal actions when cyber bullying threatens a child?__//**

__//"Cyberbullying Laws and School Policy: A Blessing or Curse? | Cyberbullying Research Center Blog." Cyberbullying Research Center - Cyber Bullying Examples, Cases, Laws, Articles, Stories, Presentations, Videos, Facts, Statistics. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. .//__

1. You can go to the school and tell the school about it. 2. You could then go to the bullies house and tell the parents what has been happening. 3. You can lastly show the police the messages sent to the victim. 4. They would go to jail/ juvenile center. 5. Would have to pay a big bill, or go to court and could get sued.