If your child begins to get serious about school, he or she may be able to meet new friends and improve friendships, but it can also be a major object of harassment. Today's harassment tends to be done via the Internet in a verbal or non-verbal way. Parents need to be aware of this. My child may become a victim of cyberbullying. Let's learn about cyberbullying of children.
Cyberbullying
Nowadays, kids and online are inseparable relations. It has long been an indispensable requirement for both social and academic activities as well as for socializing with friends, which can increase the amount of time children spend on the screen. In addition, as technology has made rapid progress and many children have begun to use social media, the platform is becoming a major channel for cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is a way of intimidating, harassing, and embarrassing someone by targeting others through the Internet, and children commit this behavior in a variety of ways online. For example, they can harass their opponents through text messages or e-mails. They can also use Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to create victims' puzzles and embarrassing rumors or false information.
In addition, she spreads her personal photos online without permission from the victim. You can use it more cleverly and threaten and harass them with photos that can make you embarrassed. In the case of photographs or images, it raises very detailed details such as how the victim dresses or behaves. It is to spread unknown rumors and false gossip about the victim to a blog or a website, or infringe privacy by raising the victim's personal information or photograph.
Emotional Symptoms of Cyberbullying Victims
Cyberbullying can happen to any child. It is important for parents to ensure that their children are always protected both emotionally and mentally. Exposure to these harms can cause symptoms such as fear, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem, as well as physical pain and difficulty in performing at school, all at once. It discloses the emotional symptoms common to children who experience cyberbullying.
1. Vulnerability and helplessness: As you feel that you are no longer safe, you feel you have no place to escape if you want to escape. It is hard to find peace of mind or comfort.
2. Dissatisfaction with oneself: In most cases, the victim of cyberbullying remains the most vulnerable. After this experience, you may feel self-deprecated and self-harmed in response to your feelings. It also begins to question its value.
3. Indifference to life: Once you experience cyberbullying, you may lose interest in your favorite things and lose interest. I spend less time with my family and friends.
4. Loneliness: Loneliness can be felt as alienation and exclusion due to bullying experience. However, the pain is doubled because there is still a desire to build relationships with others. He even closes his mind to his family and friends and isolates himself.
5. Self-harm and suicidal impulse: Victims may feel that they do not want to live any longer because of their painful experiences. He is constantly threatened and desperate because his presence is so embarrassing and painful online. As a result, you can have the wrong idea to end your life to avoid all these painful experiences.
Solutions
Parents should be able to correctly identify various signs and signals that their children are experiencing cyberbullying. And if your child has become the target, you should overcome them and avoid thinking that the child is alone. Some solutions are suggested.
1. Ignore posts: One of the best ways is to ensure that your child never responds to bad posts, comments, or messages about you. Of course, this behavior can be difficult because of the instinct to defend yourself. It is good to teach them to report to their parents or other trusted adults.
2. Record all cyberbullying content: cyberbullying is a big social issue that should not be overrun. Parents should immediately report the incident to the police and store all the posts, comments, and messages that could be evidence. This includes blog posts, social media posts, tweets, and letters, including email.
3. Ending communication: Your child must actively persuade you to leave your SNS account, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Also, make sure that all of the perpetrators are blocked from contacting the child in the SNS.
4. Understand the impact of cyberbullying: Parents should be well aware of the consequences and impact of cyberbullying so that they can overcome their situation well. It is desirable for your child to engage in other active activities while observing and communicating with your child's behavioral changes.
5. Getting support and help: The comfort and support of people around you, such as family and friends, can be a great deal of power. Or to find a professional counselor so that the child can overcome his or her negative experiences.
