Cyberbullying is on the rise and parents seem to grow very concerned about their children's safety

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Cyberbullying is on the rise and parents seem to grow very concerned about their children's safety

Cyberbullying has become a very common practice among teenagers and parents are growing more and more concerned with this issue.
Cyberbullying is related to the act of taunting or spreading rumors among teenagers on social networks such as Facebook, for instance. According to a new survey, in which more than 1,000 parents took part, there are more and more children who use social networks and their parents seem to be very concerned with the fact that they may be the victims of cyberbullying.
The survey, made by the American Osteopathic Association, showed that 85 percent of the children whose parents were engaged in the survey had accounts on such social networks and 52 of the parents stated that they were really worried about the issue of cyberbullying.
According to what the researchers involved in the study said, it seems that the parents’ concerns are very well founded. “While bullying through physical intimidation has long been a problem among teenagers, cyberbullying by using computers and smart phones to send rumors or post cruel messages has become more prevalent in recent years,” said Dr. Jennifer Caudle. She went on saying that cyberbullying may not leave physical wounds, but it can sure inflict some deep emotional scars in these children.
Furthermore, the researchers also stated that study results show that one in six parents had knowledge about the fact that their children had been the target of cyberbullying and the youngest victim seems to be as young as 9 years old. Moreover, it seems that this practice does not happen only once, but it is rather a repeated process. The worst thing is that cyberbullying can lead to serious problems such as anxiety, depression, aggression towards others and even the loss of interest in social interaction, which is vital for our survival. What is even worse is that there are reports which show that cyberbullying even lead people to commit suicide.
While some parents try to talk about this particular issue with their children, most have created such social network accounts, in order to keep an eye on their children and to try to protect them from any type of cyberbullying these kids may be exposed to. Although other parents have tried to make their children drop this habit of going online on social networks, it is well known that is hard to keep your kids away from the Internet. The most worrying situation is faced by parents who have girls. Cyberbullying has been shown to be very popular among teenage girls, making this practice twice more common among them than among boys. Although parents can control their children accounts, as most of these children log in from a person computer at home, there are still some kids who own smart phones and they can log in to their accounts on those devices, thus making the job of the parents very difficult.
Given that cyberbullying is so popular among teenagers, parents should take some sort of measure, in order to protect their children. If keeping them away from the computer does not work, going through and adjusting their social network account’s security settings might do the trick.

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