SAFE International™

Cyber Bullying Prevention Program

In this age of the internet and all the benefits of it, there is a negative side which has become prominent over the last number of years. Cyber Bullying. Cyber bullying is a real form of bullying which can't be ignored.

Cyberbullying is quite often an extension of traditional bullying. It can take many forms including the following:

• Sending texts or emails that are hurtful, hateful, harassing, or threatening physical harm.
• Spreading rumors about someone in hopes to embarrass or cause mental and perhaps physical harm.
• Sending personal or embarrassing information including pictures of others, all with the intention of intimidating, frightening, ridiculing, or harming someone else.
• Pretending to be someone else with the intention of deceptive harm.

Unfortunately, cyberbullying has escalated to a very serious level with tragic results sometimes. Victims of cyberbullying endure emotional distress, have attempted suicide and commited suicide rather than continue to endure such harassment and punishment. Cyber bullies have access to their victim at anytime or any place, including at their home, by computer, video game system, or even a personal cell phone. With this form of bullying, there is no safe haven. Bullying has been proven to stop in most cases when exposed and dealt with by people in a position of authority, be they parents, teachers or police.

1.) Eighty-one percent of youth said that others cyberbully because they think it’s funny.
2.) Almost 80 percent of teens said that they either did not have parental rules about Internet use or found ways around the rules.
3.) Nearly 30 percent of teens wanted to seek revenge on those who cyberbullied them.
4.) Only 11 percent of teens talked to parents about incidents of cyberbullying.
5.) Over 70 percent of teens said that being able to block cyberbullies was the most effective method of prevention.
Source: NCPC, National Crime Prevention Council, www.ncpc.org

Safe International can address all these topics and offer tips and advice on how to handle someone who may be cyber bullying you, a friend, or your students. Some of our advice includes:

• Giving people of all ages a complete understanding of cyber bullying and when it is time to involve the police.
• How someone will cyber bully through email, texts, and chat forums.
• How to set an appropriate profile to diminish or eliminate the opportunity for someone to cyber bully.
• Why saving your texts/emails are valuable for the police to trace the person sending the harrassing messages.

Here are just a few TIPS we include: Never open a message from someone you don’t know. If it doesn’t look or “feel right”, it probably isn’t. Trust your instincts. Don’t reply to messages from cyberbullies. Do not erase or delete messages from cyberbullies. Learn what kind of information should be saved? Learn how to report cyber bullying email. Learn how to report cyber bullying in a chat room.

In today's world, there is so much more to personal defense than just teaching physical skills. At Safe International, we cover the whole spectrum of self defense from psychological to physical skills.

SAFE International
Canada's Leader In Personal Protection Instruction
Headquarters
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Lunenburg, ON Canada
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Email: info@safeinternational.biz

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