Cyber-Bullying Suicides - Cyber Bullycide Victims

Internet Safety For Teenagers And Children!

The recent increase in Cyber-Bullying Suicides, aka Cyber Bullycide Victims, is a growing concern for parents wanting to ensure internet safety for teenagers and children.

I want to discuss this serious danger to our youth to make sure your child does not become the next casualty added to the escalating list of Cyber Bullycide Victims.

What is Cyber-Bullying?

Cyber-Bullying is an activity that takes place between two minors, usually over the internet but can include the use of any modern technology including cell phones.

It is the "New-Age" form of bullying all of us are familiar with from our school days except this has gone to a new level and increased danger to our kids.

It can be the harassment, humiliation, tormenting, embarrassment, or degrading of your child by another child. Quite often this occurs in chat rooms and forums.

It can be in the form of slander. It could be the posting of images, real or fabricated with graphic software. It can be the constant berating of a child. A Cyber-Bully can be very creative and dangerous.

Cyber-Bullying can cause the victim to become chronically depressed and to experience
a complete loss of self-esteem. A short exposure to Cyber-Bullying can have long term effects.

It can result in Cyber-Bullying Suicides.

Types of Cyber-Bullying:

Let us further define the types of Cyber-Bullying:

* Degradation - Using cruel gossip or rumors to damage someone's reputation or friendship.

* Harassment - Repeatedly sending insulting, offensive and rude messages. Bullying Depression

* Cyber Stalking - Repeatedly sending threatening messages to intimidate and threaten another. This would include activities online that would make the victim concerned about their safety.

* Impersonation - Impersonating the victim and sending or posting material that will make the victim look bad, damage their reputation, or get them in trouble.

* Flaming - The use of vulgar & angry language to start fights with the victim using electronic means.

* Text Messages - The bully gets friends together to send thousands of messages to the victim's cell phone, running up the victim's phone bill and getting them into trouble with their parent.

* Password Theft - They gain access to the victim's password and use it to lock them out of their accounts and to allow others to hack into the accounts.

* Web Sites - The Cyber-Bully creates pages filled with material to target the Cyber-Bullying Victim.

* PC Attack - Sending viruses, worms, Trojans and spyware to damage the victim's computer.

* Proxy Attack - The Cyber-Bully has others to do the dirty work for them.

* Images - The Cyber-Bully posts photos of the victim that are embarrassing in nature. Sometimes these images are enhanced or altered using sophisticated graphic software programs.

What is Bullycide?

Bullycide is a new term used to identify those children who were victims of bullying and became so emotionally distressed that they committed suicide.

In the book "Bullycide: Death at Playtime" it is said that a child commits Bullycide every half hour with over 19,000 children attempting suicide (Bullycide) every year.

Cyber-Bullying Suicides & Cyber Bullycide Victims:

Of the Bullycides committed yearly an alarming increase of Cyber-Bullying Suicides, also referred to as Cyber Bullycides, has been revealed in recent studies.

It is believed that many suicides committed by children in the past decade may very well have been Cyber-Bullying Suicides but the cause was not identified.

Alarming Cyber-Bullying Statistics:

*According to recent surveys it was found that 33% of our children will be subjected to Cyber-Bullying. That is right, one out of every three kids will fall victim!

*Even more alarming is that it was found that 41% of these kids who were victims of Cyber-Bullying never told a parent, teacher, relative, or authority figure about it.

This makes it very difficult for a parent to protect their children in that there is a good chance that if their child is a Cyber-Bullying victim that they will not even know it!

A Video on Bullycide That Touched My Heart:

This video shows some of the children who have fallen victim to
Bullycide and Cyber Bullycide. It definitely brings to light the seriousness of the problem that we face.

Cyber-Bullying Suicides - Cyber Bullycide Victims

Bullycide Victims

Warning Signs Your Child May Be a Bullying Or Cyber-Bullying Victim:

	A significant drop in his or her grade averages at school.
	A loss of interest in school or the internet - a change from their norm.
	Seems very sad, moody and upset when they return from school or exit the internet.
	Comes home from school with unexplained bruises, cuts, or scrapes.
	Does not spend much time with friends anymore.
	Has trouble sleeping, possibly experiencing bad dreams.
	Comes home from school with missing or damaged personal belongings.
	All of a sudden seems to have a very low self-esteem or self-worth.
	Experiences an unexplained loss of appetite for a length of time.
	Complains of headaches or stomach aches on a regular basis.
	Seems afraid to go to school, ride the bus or attend social functions with peers.
	Seems to want to be left alone, withdrawn, and spend a lot of time in their room.

These symptoms or signs do not necessarily mean that your child is
a bullying or Cyber-Bullying victim.

It could also mean that they have experienced other traumatic events causing these symptoms including sexual molestation, physical abuse or even emotional abuse from another child or adult.

If your child is experiencing any combination of these signs without good cause, he or she could be in trouble and action needs to be taken.

How quickly you respond is critical to your child's well being.

If these signs are from being bullied, your kid could wind up being a Bullycide or Cyber Bullycide victim.

Remember, it does not take long term exposure to Cyber-Bullying to experience long term effects.

Warning Signs Your Child May Be a Bully or Cyber-Bully:

* Quick to lose their temper, is easily frustrated, impulsive.

* Known to test limitations & disobey rules set by adults.

* Shows very little or any concern about bullying victims.

* Seems to view and accept violence in a positive manner.

* Is often aggressive when dealing with adults & authority.

* Likes to be in control & dominate those around him.

* Good at talking their way out of trouble when caught.

* Enjoys teasing, ridiculing or humiliating other children.

* They tend to have a self-assured attitude of themselves.

* A bully can be a boy or girl, weak or strong, big or small.

I think in many ways it is far more difficult to believe that your child might be a bully than to believe he or she is being a target of a bully.

It is for that reason I feel it is better not to contact the parent of a child bully directly and instead have a teacher or counselor present.

Just as I stated the signs of being a bully victim could be the signs of other problems, the signs listed that might indicate a child is a bully might also be misinterpreted.

These are typical indicators of a child that "might" be inclined to be a bully. If you find that he or she is indeed bullying others they need immediate help just as much as a victim.

Internet Safety for Teenagers & Children - Additional Dangers:

As if Cyber-Bullying, Cyber-Bullying Suicides, Bullycides and Cyber Bullycides was not enough of a concern for us parents there are some additional internet dangers we must be aware of.

These facts are from an excellent website called Student Safety Tips:

	5,000,000 Pedophiles are on-line at any given time, day and night.
	1.8 Billion Pornographic Websites are easily accessed by your children.
	25% of our children have been exposed to on-line pornographic material.
	Only 25% of kids who are approached sexually on-line inform their parents.
	75% of our children are willing to share their personal information with others.
	Odds are 50% the kid your child is talking to online is a pedophile posing as a kid.

How Do We Go About Protecting Our Kids?

This is actually a very complex question in that there are so many dangers facing our children in "real life" situations at school, in the neighborhoods, in the home, and on the internet. Let's try and break it down into more easily managed categories.

Bullying "Off-Line", What Should We Do?

	Communicate your concerns with school officials. Make sure they are aware of the seriousness of the problem. That they are monitoring the situation. Be sure they are educating your children on how to handle the situation if they become a victim.
	Talk to your children. They may not want to tell you if they have been bullied. Let them know they can come to you if they need help in any way. Let them know how they can handle the situation if they become bullied.
	Keep a close account of your child's behavior and psychological health. If they seem to be under excessive stress, are depressed, or seem to lack self-esteem, take action! Do not hesitate to seek professional assistance from a mental health specialist.
	If you have evidence of extreme bullying, beyond the normal "kid stuff", bullying that endangers your child, do not hesitate one second to notify the school authorities and law enforcement agencies. Take no chances, instead take action!

You may have noticed I did not include the possible solution of talking to the parents of the child who is the bully. Unless you know the parents very well confronting another parent about their child's inappropriate behavior can be quite difficult.

That is why I would strongly suggest allowing school or law enforcement authorities talk to them instead. It is much safer and more effective in the long run.

Cyber-Bullying "On-Line", What Should We Do?

This is where it gets difficult as children of different age groups can be managed using different techniques and each group will respond differently to "parental intervention".

When discussing how to handle Cyber-Bullying we need to also address the additional dangers that our children face on the web.

Internet sexual predators, pedophiles, explicit sexual content displaying inappropriate sexual behavior and those looking to harvest personal information about your kids and their family to use for personal gain.

Let's see if we can break this down by the age group your child is functioning at, as social development is more than chronological age.

Children Functioning @ 10 Years or Younger:

I personally love this age group as they are still very compliant and have that innocence and youthful energy all of us "older" parents wish we still possessed.

	Computers should be in the open. Place the child's computer in the family room or some place open. View what the child is doing on the PC. At this age there is usually no urgency by the child for privacy. Look over their shoulder, see what is going on!
	Insist on no private passwords. Provide them with passwords to use. Explain to them that if something were to happen to them or they suddenly disappear you want to be able to access their accounts on-line for any clues that might help you find them.
	Restrict the amount of time they can spend on the computer. This will allow them to focus on what they really want to do. You do not want them to go surfing all over the net getting into sites they should not frequent.
	Be proactive with them. Sit down and spend time with them while they are on the net. If you do this when they are younger then that "sharing" will help open things up a little when they get older. Use this as a bonding time with your child.

In addition to the above measures we also need to educate our kids in the following areas of internet safety and make sure they adhere to these safety tips:

	Never use your real name as a user name on the internet.
	Never post or email your photo on the internet.
	Never give info online like name, address, phone #, school, clubs you belong to, etc...
	Never go into "private" chat rooms, there is safety in numbers!
	Notify parents immediately of any threatening or disturbing messages you receive.
	Never agree to meet anyone you talk to online off-line. NEVER!
	Try to avoid the use of webcams, they provide too much information to strangers!
	Make sure your child gets your permission BEFORE going online.
	Finally, set consequences that will occur if the rules are not followed.

Children Functioning @ 10 to 13 Years:

This is a really tough age for kids and parents alike. It is during this time frame that puberty generally kicks in and the child will sometimes struggle in the transition.

It is the age on unpredictability. I raised 5 special needs kids that I adopted and each one went through this transition differently than the others.

For that reason you will find that you are going to have to make some tough decisions in how to manage their internet safety.

Sometimes you may have to implement "tough love". Other times you may have to work out compromises with the child.

It will be a tough balancing act that will be changing as the child struggles through this awkward period.

	Some of the children in this age group may still be easily managed. This is especially the case if you have already started working with them on internet safety when they were younger. You may have to apply a little pressure but hopefully you can continue using the tools you used for the 10 and under group.
	Now you will also find that eventually the children in this age group will begin demanding their independence and privacy. They will not be easily managed using the principles used in the 10 and under group. You will probably have to immediately use the techniques outlined in the 14 and older group.

Children Functioning @ 14 Years and Older:

Your child is no longer a kid, he/she is a full-blown teenager. It is extremely difficult to assure Internet Safety for Teenagers. The obvious reason is they have that need for privacy and independence.

Surveys by law enforcement agencies show that 77% of the targets for online predators were age 14 or older. Couple this with our teenagers demanding "freedom" and our job as parents just got tougher!

Your teen will want to have his computer behind closed doors. They will demand total privacy!

They will unlikely share with you their experiences on the computer, good or bad, and you will have no idea if they are at risk.

By this age they are also educated enough that if they feel you are checking up on them by accessing their computer to, as example, read their email, they will take action to block your intrusion.

Our teens know how to delete the browser history files, temp folders, cookies, how to password protect, etc...

I am sure you have noticed that as our children become older we seem to have less and less options to protect them from risks over the net.

So What Are Our Options With Teenagers?

You may be fortunate enough to have developed a relationship with your teenager during their development that will allow an open communication between the two of you.

Many statistics, as mentioned earlier in this article, reveal that children and teenagers are reluctant to share with their parents or figures of authority anything that might occur on the net, good or bad.

If you do not take early measures and all of a sudden your child becomes extremely depressed, loses their self-esteem, has irrational behavior or even worse comes up missing then how are you going to know how to help or find your child?

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Your teenager deserves and hopefully has earned the right to privacy and independence.

I personally have never violated any of my children's needs to privacy or independence once I felt they were of an age where they had earned that right and privilege.

However, I have thrown out a "safety net". To help me prevent my grandkid from being one of the many cyber Bullycide victims.

I have set up Keylogger software to record everything, and I do mean everything, that the child did on their computer, on and off the net.

Did I ever look at what was recorded? NO!

However, I had recordings of everything my child did on their PC in case:

	My child became extremely depressed
	My child showed an extreme loss of self-esteem
	My child's behavior changed dramatically and irrationally
	My child all of a sudden became missing and I could not find them

If any of the above mentioned events had occurred, then because I had recorded all events that occurred when my child was on the computer, I might have been able to figure out what was happening to my child. Many times clues are left in the events on the computer.

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I eventually deleted the recordings, the logs, without ever viewing or listening to them.

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*If your child was approached by an internet sexual predator, and all of a sudden came up missing, you had no idea where they were, would you want to be able to view their internet activity that took place before they became missing for any clues?

*If you child became clinically depressed to the point where they were considering Bullycide or Cyber Bullycide would you want to be able to see if any reasons for this depression was evident in your child's activity on the internet?

Our kids do not always confide with us what is bothering them but may communicate their problems they are having with close friends on the internet.

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