Cyberbullying, this month resulted an another suicide! Tips for Parents: What is Cyberbullying- the electronic posting of mean-spirited messages, images, or videos directed to or about another person, often done anonymously. Cyberbullying Tactics *Gossip: Posting or sending cruel gossip to damage a person's reputation and relationships with friends, family, and acquaintances *Exclusion: Deliberately excluding someone from an online group *Impersonation: Breaking into someone's e-mail or other online account and sending messages that will cause embarrassment or damage to the person's reputation and affect his or her relationship with others *Harassment: Repeatedly posting or sending offensive, rude, and insulting messages *Cyberstalking: Posting or sending unwanted or intimidating messages, which may include threats *Flaming: Online fights where scornful and offensive messages are posted on websites, forums, or blogs *Outing and Trickery: Tricking someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing information, which is then shared online *Cyberthreats: Remarks on the Internet threatening or implying violent behavior, displaying suicidal tendencies A staggering fact, almost 20% of teens have faced online harassment in the last year! That's 1 teen in 4! Whether you're concerned your child is being bullied online, or whether you simply want to equip yourself for the future, this free guide, "Equip Your Children for Today's Culture" will help you understand what cyberbullying and other online dangers your children face, is and what you can do about it. Download this guide, a copy for yourself and send this email to friends and family members who also have tweens &/or teens. In addition in this digital age, it's not a matter of "if" your child will see something inappropriate online. It's only a matter of "when". Although no plan is 100% safe, we believe that following the steps above will significantly decrease the opportunities for our carnal minded culture to have undue influence on the hearts and minds of your precious children. You can start protecting your family TODAY from harmful content online. Set up a Family Account with Covenant Eyes to cover all your Internet devices and all the members of your family for only $15.99/month. As a BONUS when you sign up, Your First Month's Internet Monitoring Service is FREE! http://bit.ly/Cyber7Facts |
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