The Educator's Guide to Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats was very informative for me. I didn't realize that there were so many different forms of cyberbullying. I think it is important to teach children about cyberbullying, what all it entails, and the consequences they can receive for cyberbullying or making a cyberthreat. Children often cyber bully because they feel safe hidden behind a computer, or they are bullied at school and start to retaliate by posting things online that are considered threats or bullying.
Students need to be taught all the dangers that they can be exposed to on the internet. They also need to learn that bullying is never okay, even when it is online. People have lost their lives to cyberbullying; whether they take their own or another's. Parents need to be aware that cyberbullying is a real issue and that children should be monitored while on the computer at home.
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