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There is a lot to do before your kid's school year gets started. Hopefully, having a talk about cyberbullying will be on your to-do list. According to a recent study by internet security company McAfee, kids are witnessing and sometimes engaging in cyber bullying.
"he Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS. It shares specific advice and resources on issues such as social networking and cyberbullying and how these relate to and affect their own and other people's online experiences and behaviours. "
"The Australian Government's Cybersafety Help Button provides internet users, particularly children and young people, with easy online access to cybersafety information and assistance available in Australia. It offers counselling, reporting and educational resources to assist young people deal with online risks including cyberbullying, unwanted contact, scams and fraud, and offensive or inappropriate material.
The help button is a free application that is easily downloaded onto personal computers, mobile devices, and school and library networks."
"The purpose of this survey is to find out about how students can help if someone is being hurtful to a student either at school or online.
It is your choice whether you want to do this survey. No one will be able tell which responses are yours. Try to answer all of the questions. But you can skip any that you do not understand, feel like answering, or are told to skip. This survey should take about 20 to 30 minutes.
In all of the following questions the words "be hurtful" or "being hurtful" include when someone:
- Says hurtful things or sends hurtful messages to another person.
- Says hurtful things about a person to others or posts hurtful things about someone online.
- Hurtfully excludes someone from participating in school activities.
- Physically hurts someone or their property, or threatens to do so.
Sometimes this is referred to as bullying or cyberbullying."
