4 Steps to Combat Cyberbullying
Apr 11th, 2008 by John Pederson
Seems pretty simple and effective.
“1. STOP communicating with the cyberbully. If it is someone you know or don’t know, bullies jab at their victims to get a rise out of you and make themselves feel better in the process. By not responding you eliminate some of the pleasure bullies get from harrassing you.
2. BLOCK the cyberbully. No matter what medium the bully is approaching you from, you can block and limit their access to you. On social networks you can de-friend the bully and limit access to your profile, email service providers will let you block individual addresses, IM services can block screen names, and cell phone companies can block individual cell phone numbers.
3. SAVE and PRINT the content in question. If it is via computer save and print the bully’s content, and if printing isn’t an option, consider photographing a text message. This is your proof that the cyberbullying took place.
4. TELL an adult. Because cyberbullying is often silent, individual, and isolated adults often don’t know it is happening to begin to help you. You have to ask for the help you need.”
