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4. What are some signs that someone may be the victim of cyberbullying?

7. Identify 5 surprising statistics that relate to cyberbullying.

10. What are some ways that cyberbullying affects teens-both physically and mentally?

Citations and Notes

"Is Your Child Being CyberBullied? Important Signs." //Yahoo! Shine//. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. .

1.National surveys by online safety expert, Parry Aftab, estimate that 85 percent of 12 and 13-year olds have had experience with cyber bullying; 53 percent say they have been bullied online. 2. 3. //One survey found that while 93 percent of parents feel they have a good idea of what their kids are doing on the Internet; 41 percent of our kids say they don't share with us what they do or where they go online.//
 * Hesitant to be online; nervous when an Instant Message, text message or Email appears
 * Visibly upset after using the computer or cell phone or suddenly avoids it
 * Hides or clears the computer screen or closes cellphone when you enter
 * Spends unusually and longer hours online in a more tense pensive tone
 * Withdraws from friends, falls behind in schoolwork's or wants to avoid school
 * Suddenly sullen, evasive withdrawn, marked change in personality or behavior
 * Trouble sleeping, loss of appetite, excessively moody or crying, seems depressed
 * Suspicious phone calls, e-mails and packages arrives at your home
 * Possible drop in academic performance

"Parents & Carers." //Signs of Bullying//. Web. 12 Apr. 2012. . 1. **Despite the potential damage of cyber bullying, it is alarmingly common among adolescents and teens. According to Cyber bullying statistics from the i-SAFE foundation**: 2. Children may : http://www.kidshelp.com.au/grownups/news-research/hot-topics/cyber-bullying.php 1.
 * Over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying.
 * More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced [|cyberthreats] online.
 * Over 25 percent of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet.
 * Well over half of young people do not tell their parents when cyber bullying occurs.
 * The Harford County Examiner reported similarly concerning cyber bullying statistics:**
 * Around half of teens have been the victims of cyber bullying
 * Only 1 in 10 teens tells a parent if they have been a cyber bully victim
 * Fewer than 1 in 5 cyber bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement
 * 1 in 10 adolescents or teens have had embarrassing or damaging pictures taken of themselves without their permission, often using cell phone cameras
 * About 1 in 5 teens have posted or sent sexually suggestive or nude pictures of themselves to others
 * Girls are somewhat more likely than boys to be involved in cyber bullying
 * The Cyberbullying Research Center also did a series of surveys that found these cyber bullying statistics:**
 * Over 80 percent of teens use a cell phone regularly, making it the most popular form of technology and a common medium for cyber bullying
 * About half of young people have experienced some form of cyber bullying, and 10 to 20 percent experience it regularly
 * Mean, hurtful comments and spreading rumors are the most common type of cyber bullying
 * Girls are at least as likely as boys to be cyber bullies or their victims
 * Boys are more likely to be threatened by cyber bullies than girls
 * Cyber bullying affects all races
 * Cyber bullying victims are more likely to have low [|self esteem] and to consider suicide
 * be frightened of walking to and from school
 * change their usual route
 * not want you to go on the school bus
 * beg you to drive them to school
 * be unwilling to go to school (or be 'school phobic')
 * feel ill in the mornings
 * begin truanting
 * begin doing poorly in their school work
 * come home regularly with clothes or books destroyed
 * come home starving (bully taking dinner money)
 * become withdrawn, start stammering, lack confidence
 * become distressed and anxious, stop eating
 * attempt or threaten suicide
 * cry themselves to sleep, have nightmares
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">have their possessions go missing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">ask for money or start stealing (to pay the bully)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">continually 'lose' their pocket money
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">refuse to talk about what's wrong
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">have unexplained bruises, cuts, scratches
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">begin to bully other children, siblings
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">become aggressive and unreasonable
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em;">give improbable excuses for any of the above

Figure 1. Frequency of cyberbullying methods


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 * Low self esteem and loss in confidence
 * Anxiety
 * Sadness or depression
 * Fear
 * Anger
 * Embarrassment
 * Decreased academic achievement due to difficulties the affected child has in concentrating or being in a classroom with bullies
 * Truancy behaviour by the child to avoid the bullying behaviour
 * Poor mental health and persistent feelings of being physical ill
 * Self harming/suicidal thoughts and behaviours
 * Negative impacts on the quality of their relationships with family, peers, and authority figures.