Friday, February 19, 2016

Cyberbullying and staying SAFE

Cyberbullying is when someone is mean, hurtful or threatening to another person online.  This makes the person feel unsafe and upset.  Here are some guidelines to help you avoid cyberbullying.

Be S.A.F.E.!

STOP and don’t click!

If someone is cyberbullying you, do not respond!  The purpose is to make you upset, so acting upset only gives them what they want.  Once you respond, you cannot take it back.  Instead, just pause, take a deep breath and think it through.

Tell a trusted ADULT!

Don’t keep it to yourself.  Cyberbullying is not usually just one instance of hurt, so it’s important to tell someone right away.  It is not your fault and you will not be punished for speaking up.  In addition to speaking up for yourself, you can speak up for others too!  You can tell a parent, a relative that you are close to, a teacher, or a guidance counselor.   

FILTER out personal information!

Keep your address, phone number, passwords, birthday, etc. private.   Do not even exchange passwords with your friend.  Never meet someone that you met online in person.  People can pretend to be anyone they want online and that may not be who they really are.  It’s ok to share your account information and passwords with your parents or guardians.  They have your safety as their main concern.

Save EVIDENCE!

If someone is cyberbullying you, you may want to make it go away by deleting it or turning off the computer.  But don’t delete it!  Save the evidence so you can share it with the trusted adult and stop it from happening again.  Print off the evidence or ask your trusted adult to help you with it.   Once the problem has been taken care of, you can tear the paper to shreds to make you feel better!

Adapted from an acronym by Michele Borba, character.org, June 2012.

54 comments:

  1. I thank it is more hurtful then regular bullying because you don't now how they are.

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  2. Don't trust people who pretend to be someone they are NOT!

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  3. Don't trust people online.

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  4. Don't trust people that you don't know with personal info

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  5. it is not right to do that because it is mean #nocyberbulling

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  6. Any type of bullying is bad no matter if you say it to somebody's face or social media!!!

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  7. I think you should not give away any personal information

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  8. #don'ttrustsrangers

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  9. t don't bully others its just going to get you in more trouble
    bullying is a bad way to show respect to others

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  10. I think your advis was yoosfull and good

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  11. I think you should get to know someone first before they become friends with someone you don't know.

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  12. Sorry. Meant to say you.

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  14. Be polite, smart, and safe on the internet!
    #S.A.F.E.

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  15. Try to avoid being bullied because they just want to make you feel bad.And dont be a cyber bully that just makes a bad impression of yourself

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  16. dont talk to people you dont know online

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  17. dont give information to someone you dont know

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  18. I think that is rong

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  19. be courage and stop and think before you talk to some one online.

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  20. Do not be mean to people

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  21. do not give out information to someone you dont know

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  22. I think cyberbullying should not happen it could hurt kids feelings!

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  23. don´t give out imformashin to someone you don´t now

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  24. The social networks should filter everything that is posted on it for hurtful things automatically.

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  25. dont share to muck information

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  26. always tell an adult about the cyber bullied if your bullied

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  27. I think your advise was good

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  28. tell an adult always!(:

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  29. don't share suting that is not yaers

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  30. Not a bad statement. If your in a game, and there is a cyberbully, LEAVE THE SERVER >:(

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  31. I think cyberbullying is a bunch of junk

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  32. Don't say things online that you wouldn't say face to face because people always say "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.", but that isn't true at all.

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  33. I think that you should stay away from people that cyberbully.

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  34. Don't give out personal information because other people could tell different people that information even if they are your friends. Also, don't respond to a bully if they get on your nerves because they will keep bullying you.

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  35. never be mean to people and never bully anybody on a screen nor in real life because then it would be rude.

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  36. Try not to post something that's too personal, such as, your face, try not to post any pictures of your face on the internet or social media unless its to people you know well. And Definately, don't show people where you live and don't, give out your number. This will lead to, Kidnapping, robbery, death, and ect.

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  37. A lot of people bully for a reason.... there is many ways why, but if you cyber bully than stop!!!! Its not right to do something that you wouldn't like if somebody did to you STOP CYBER BULLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  38. Do not meet the person you are talking to online. Do not share personal information.

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  39. I agree with every one that commented,there are so many ways to stop this problem #stop

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  40. Don't give out personal information to someone you don't know because you wouldn't want something to happen to you.

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  41. Don't trust people you don't know,DO NOT respond to cyberbullying,and DEFINITLY do not share personal information with people you haven't met online

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  42. Don't treat others online any different then you would in person. If you are being bullied, don't respond because that's what the bully wants you to do.

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  43. Keep yourself safe, and don´t give out personnel info. And never ever let someone bully you by saying words that hurt you, just ignore them because everyone knows that you are amazing know matter what! :) #neverletsomeonediscourageyou

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  44. It could hurt someone else on the internet

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  45. Don't give out private iformation so you can be safe

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  46. I Think it bad to siber bully because people can hurt other peoples feelings and pick on them

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  47. I think its really bad to siber bully because you can make someone feel bad about them selves and you can gte introuble and all people can see it

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  48. When someone is cyber bullying you don't know who they are so if you say something mean back to them they could get really upset.

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  49. Cyberbullies do not understand the harm cyberbullying can cause to the people they are bullying. Anybody that cyberbullies should stop doing it for the saftey of the feelings of other people.

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  50. Don't say anything mean to someone online. If you don't like something about someone than tell them face to face

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  51. don't bully people online it makes you look pathetic if you don't like something about someone keep it to yourself

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