Cyber Bullying-The Facts

http://www.cyberbullyalert.com/blog/2008/08/cyber-bullying-statistics-that-may-shock-you/

This is a link to a cyber bullying help website. This is a subject that I found interesting and wanted to read more about. The articles in it are easy to read and some of them are written in bullit point form so you can easily get the facts. For example did you know that girls are more likely to be bullied than boys, over 40% of children with internet access were bulled last year and only 15% of parents know about cyber bullying. These facts are shocking but very real and growing problem in the world today. Cyber bullying can occur when people use technology like mobile phones, computers and didgetal cameras to deliberately hurt a person by nasty texts, embarressing photos or mean comments on social networking sites.

Inappropriate photos and messages can be put online for the world to see within seconds and can't be removed by anyone but the person who posted them. In most schools, camera phones are banned as in recent years cyber bullying has increased as it is such an easy way to target people. It seems to be an easier method of bullying rather than confrontation that is why it seems to be favoured by girls who can be very cruel with words. The article I read made some very good points and had links to other websites to help children and parents deal with this problem which I felt was very important as people need help when faced with cyber bullying.