{"id":7833,"date":"2015-03-03T12:45:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/?p=7833"},"modified":"2019-11-15T07:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T12:06:37","slug":"cyberbullying-advice-for-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/cyberbullying-advice-for-parents\/7833\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Kids From Cyberbullying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know what your child is doing when s\/he holding smartphone or tablet in his\/her hands? Maybe everything is fine and s\/he is just watching movies or playing game. But maybe it\u2019s not, and right now someone is bullying your kid in online chat. And you never know, if you don\u2019t explore your kids online life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kas.pr\/cyberbullying\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyberbullying<\/a> is one of the unpleasant effects of hyper-socialization that the Internet as a whole \u2013 and social networks in particular \u2013 bring us. For those who are not familiar with this phenomenon: Cyberbullying is online communication with the intent to abuse or degrade. More specifically, to abuse or degrade kids.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, cyberbullying has became very common. Nearly half of children have been bullied online, every 1 in 4 has had it happen more than once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Internet brings a great many benefits, but unfortunately it also allows certain people to unleash their destructive human traits, and cyberbullying has become a widespread problem today. For its victims, the psychological damage can be massive and long-lasting. There\u2019s probably no purely technological answer, but we must talk about it to raise awareness of this issue and help young people and their parents safely make the most of the good things the Internet has to offer.\u201d \u2014 Eugene Kaspersky said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Talk to your children about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cyberbullying?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#cyberbullying<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CacbO6si0a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/CacbO6si0a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GenerationMobile?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">#GenerationMobile<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/p7bIOk1wUc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/p7bIOk1wUc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/e_kaspersky\/status\/572742136799629314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">March 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Modern children and teenagers are deeply immersed in the virtual communications world, even deeper than adults. They take everything that happens to them online very seriously. In contrast to adults, youngsters have weaker psychological defence mechanisms, or none at all. Remember how many times in your life online conversations made you feel angry, abused, or upset. Imagine what your child feels when s\/he faces something similar.<\/p>\n<p>Adults can choose their behavior. Sometimes they want to relax and act thoughtlessly, like kids. But in general, they know how to act like adults. Kids always act like kids. And this is not bad; this is totally normal. Kids should be curious and experiment to find out what our world is about. The point is, sometimes this behaviour could be dangerous and parents must help their children to solve problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-pullquote\"><p>How to protect kids from #cyberbullying<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkas.pr%2FMUo1&amp;text=How+to+protect+kids+from+%23cyberbullying\" class=\"btn btn-twhite\" data-lang=\"en\" data-count=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tweet<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<p>A big part of the problem is that parents are rarely aware of cyberbullying. Despite the fact 2\/3 of children and teenagers consider online bullying a real problem, only few of them will inform a parent or trusted adult of their abuse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kids.kaspersky.com\/cyberbullying\/parents\/facts\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7840\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2015\/03\/06041221\/cyberbullying.jpg\" alt=\"How to protect kids from cyberbullying\" width=\"1280\" height=\"900\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what should adults do to protect their kids from psychological traumas due to cyberbullying? We have some advice:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First, be patient, it will take time. Like every serious issue, problems with cyberbullying can\u2019t be solved in a couple of minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t wait when you child come to you and tell about problem. Maybe it won\u2019t happen at all. You should be the one who starts this conversation<\/li>\n<li>Of course, each person has a right to privacy. But this is not a reason to neglect your child\u2019s online activity. Learn what your kids do in social networks. For a start, add them to your friends list in every social network in which you both have accounts. \u00a0As few as 20% of parents do this \u2014 let\u2019s make this figure better.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your children about cyberbullying, tell them they should come to you if\/when they face this problem. Explain that cyberbullying is a commonly encountered problem. It could help your kid realize there\u2019s nothing wrong with him personally.<\/li>\n<li>Never use prohibition. Taking away a kid\u2019s phone or disconnecting his devices from the Internet won\u2019t help. Actually, such prohibitions are what your child is afraid of and why they wouldn\u2019t tell you about cyberbullying to begin with.<\/li>\n<li>Talk to your kid about basic online security and privacy. Show him how to change privacy settings in social networks to prevent strangers from seeing his private data.<\/li>\n<li>To protect your child as efficiently as possible, use parental control applications. For instance, Kaspersky Lab has recently developed new app called <a href=\"http:\/\/kas.pr\/kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kaspersky Safe Kids<\/a>. You can download this app for Windows, Mac, iOS or Android. It is available for US and UK users and currently is free of charge.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kas.pr\/ikids\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7339\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2013\/02\/06041801\/appstore.png\" alt=\"Kaspersky QR Scanner at Apple App Store\" width=\"160\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kas.pr\/akids\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7337\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2013\/02\/06041801\/googleplay.png\" alt=\"Kaspersky QR Scanner at Google Play\" width=\"144\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyberbullying is one of the unpleasant effects of hyper-socialization that the Internet as a whole &#8211; and social networks in particular &#8211; bring us. 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