How to Prevent Cyber Bullying

We all know that cyber bullying is a large problem in the world today. The question we all try to answer is how can we help stop cyber bullying and get rid of it totally. The answer to that is it is pretty much impossible to remove all cyber bullying unless you can change the hearts of every person on the internet. With the internet it is very easy to sit behind a computer screen and torture people's lives. There are some steps that we can do to help prevent people from being cyber bullied. According to kidshealth.org there are a few steps that we can do to prevent cyber bullying. There are three main ways to help, these include blocking the cyber bully, limiting access to technology, and knowing your online world. Basically these three come down to one thing and that is to be aware of who you are communicating with online and if they pose as a threat take action sooner than later and block them on everything. If we can get rid of cyber bullying it would go a long way in the development of children in the world.

Platforms of Cyber Bullying

Cyber bullying is a very prevalent problem in the world we live in today. The situations for someone to be a victim of cyber bullying are endless because of the amounts of platforms that are presented to people on the internet.  According to stopbullying.gov the most common platforms that you will see situations of cyber bullying occur on: Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), SMS (Texting, etc.), Instant Messaging, and email. This is very concerning because this creates the problem of trying to monitor all of the attacks towards people. This problem is happening all over the spectrum of ages but it is something that is all to common in the high school age of children in the world. According to a study performed by the National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics titled The 2014-2015 School Crime Supplement, nationally in the United States about 21% of all children from the ages of 12-18 experience cyber bullying.