What can you do about cyber bullying?!

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If there are threats than you can call the police as that is a crime. Other than that all you can do is post that what is being said is not the truth and then stay away from the internet for a while and it will end.

you can sue for slander/libel. you can ask the site to take it down.

Practices for Combating bullying:
Many times, the child being bullied is too afraid or embarrassed to get help. Teach your children they should be the ones to tell a teacher or parent – don’t be a bystander and let it happen. Bystanders assume someone else will take care of it.

Teach your children how our differences make us better and that just because someone is different from us, it doesn’t make them bad. Seifert recommends the “Character Counts” programs for schools.
Make it ok to talk about it, especially in peer groups where sharing may come easier. Talk with your child so they learn the skills of discussing difficult topics. It’s not easy and by you modeling the behavior, they’ll learn. Seifert recommends a program called “Operation Respect.”

Teach your child that bullying is not normal. Many bullies come from violent homes where it is the norm and so they think it is normal behavior. Seifert suggests the Olweus Bullying program for schools to help them take charge of bullying situations.

Remind your children bullies grow up and continue to bully their families – spouses and children. Their children then become bullies too. By stopping the violence in childhood, the cycle can be broken.

Seifert says most school shooters felt bullied or rejected by other students. Only a counselor can assess the risk of additional violence in students. Encourage your child to speak up if he or she suspects someone of getting to the point of violence.

Discuss your children’s on-line behavior (including what he does with his cell phone). Periodically check out the things he’s posting for bullying clues. Seifert says it’s good parenting to monitor this – it’s not an invasion of privacy. We must teach our children how to behave properly on-line, just like we taught them how to behave in public or how to treat others.

If your child is being bullied, encourage him to go to a parent or a teacher and make them feel assured they will be protected against retaliation. Fighting back may stop a bully from bugging your child but they’ll continue to bully someone else. Keep an open dialog with your child so you can keep tabs on her attitude, friends, activities, etc.

Fighting may solve the issue of getting bullied in the short term, but only talking about it will solve it long-term. Talking takes a long time to work but it’s the most effective in the long term. So teach your children to keep asking for help until she feels safe.

Remind your children of the serious outcomes of bullying such as victims taking their own lives and bullies facing legal charges. Allowing bullying to continue has serious consequences.

By teaching our children to face bullying and stop the cycle, we can reduce the tragedies and produce healthier kids.

Dr. Kathryn Sieffert

Get off the internet.
Chances are, if you're being cyber bullied, you're doing something to ask for it.
So try as much as possible to not be weird or ugly, or anything that could draw an attack.
Or just ignore it.
If they know it bothers you, they'll keep doing it. If they cease getting a reaction at all, they'll eventually get bored with it and give up probably.

tht is aweful let me know if u need to talk my advice is to report it to the website but first print a copy f the page its on take it to ur local police dept so even if they cant do anything it is on record... but they might be able to do something

personal experience

Ignore people who bully you, and if things get really bad, contact the police. 90% of online bullies are cowards in real life, and the thought of being found out would make them cry and hide under their bed. So don't take any of them too seriously.

Hi, Amber, I am so sorry to hear about that!
Yes, there is 2 things u can do! 1. google in your search bar the site where it is going on like say "being bullied on facebook help me". Here is the face book link for abuse if this is the site where its going on.. http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=798

2. U can contact me and I will love to Bully on them online((: I was the watch dog of ALL my friends in school and yes, most of them where girls((: If u need my HELP u can reach me at montedreams2@yahoo.com

Please do not bother.

It could be another person not you about whom they write.