7 ways Cyberbullying Is Affecting Your Children.

7 WAYS CYBERBULLYING IS AFFECTING YOUR CHILDREN.

Cyberbullying is impacting lives by the dozen.

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It has the potential to involve public humiliation or embarrassment across a

wide viral audience.

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Children are flocking to the Internet in huge numbers in order to

access the plethora of information it holds.

Children are flocking to the Internet in huge numbers in

order to access the plethora of

information it holds.

The world as we know it is evolving at a titanic rate, with the digital age having reached

it’s zenith.

The effects of cyber bullying may not be noticeable at first but the stress levels keep rising each day and each instance of humiliation, taunting at school or

with friends worsens the situation.

It weakens the will power of the child to such an extent that they eventually succumb to the pressure.

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WE CAN CATEGORIZE THE EFFECTS OF CYBERBULLYING

INTO 7 GROUPS:

1. EXPLORE THE DIGITAL TEEN SCENE.

CHANGES IN SLEEP AND EATING PATTERNS:They either suffer from Bulimia (overeating) or they are

Anorexic, wherein the child doesn’t eat at all. It was reported that Priya had lost nearly 10 kgs in two weeks

and was also suffering from Insomnia.

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2. KNOW YOUR PARENTAL CONTROL OPTIONS.

THERE IS A LOSS OF INTEREST IN ALL ACTIVITIES: Children withdraw into their shell and shut themselves from

the world. They become very difficult to get through, emotionally.

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3. SET A DIGITAL LIMIT.LOW SELF ESTEEM:

Youths who are bullied suffer from tremendous low esteem. They constantly fight within and at school or college. So to

avoid this, they become truants, shy away from the spotlight and as a result, they suffer academically.

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4. ADVISE YOUR CHILD ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY.DRUG AND ALCOHOL USAGE: Cyber bullying can also lead children to use drugs or alcohol.

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4. ADVISE YOUR CHILD ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY.

AGGRESSION AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR: Children who are involved in bullying or harassing others are

often aggressive in nature, to such an extent that they can harm anyone.

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4. ADVISE YOUR CHILD ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIVACY.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES: The bullies also start using drugs or alcohol at a young age and surprisingly their sexual activities also begin early, not

with one but multiple partners!

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Thus it is important for parents and school authorities to prevent cyber bullying from

it’s onset before it becomes worse. 

Parents can only talk to their kids about the uses and abuses of technology when they are equipped with it’s uses. Hence it is mandatory for parents to keep themselves abreast with the advancing technology to prevent their children from getting entangled in the clutches of one of the most deadly crimes,

cyber bullying.

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