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What are the best strategies to help stop bullying and cyberbullying? What is bullying? And who's responsibility is it? What are the bullying statistics? And why is it like it is? How does bullying cause depression?
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There are two kinds of cyberbullying, ﻿direct attacks (messages sent directly) and cyberbullying by proxy (using others to help cyberbully the victim, maybe even without the person knowing). Sometimes cyberbullying gets adults involved which makes it much more serious.
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 * How cyberbullying works **

Types of cyberbullying: 1. Instant Messaging/Text Messaging Harassment 2. Stealing Passwords 3. Blogs/Websites 4. Sending Pictures through E-mail and Cell Phones 5. Internet Polling 6. Sending Viruses 7. Sending Junk E-Mail 8. Impersonation __**Insant Messaging Harassment **__ Kids may send hateful or threatening messages to other kids.They may not realize it but it is true that even thoug it wasn't said in real life, unkind or threatening messages are hurtful and very serious. A kid/teen may create a name that is very similar to another kid's name. The name may have an additional "i" or one less "e". They may use this name to say inappropriate things to other users while pretending to be the other person. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Text wars or text attacks are when kids gang up on the victim, sending thousands of text-messages to the victims cell phone or other devices. The victim is then faced with a huge cell phone bill and angry parents.

<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Stealing Passwords**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A kid may steal another child's password and begin to chat with other people, pretending to be the other kid. He/she may say mean things that hurt peoples feeling. But the person being offended isn't who they think they are. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A kid may also use another kid's password to change his/her profile to include inappropriate things that may attract unwanted attention or offend people. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A kid often steals the password and locks the victim out of their own account.

<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Blogs/Websites**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Blogs are online journals. They are a fun way for kids and teens to message all of their friends. However, kids sometimes use these blogs to damage other kids' reputations or invade their privacy. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Children used to tease each other in the playground, but now they do it on websites. Kids sometimes create websites that may insult or put another child in danger. They create pages specifically designed to insult another kid or a group of people. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kids also post other peoples personal information and pictures, which put those people at a greater risk of being contacted or found.

<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Sending Codes**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Many kids will send viruses, spyware and hacking programs to their victims. They do this to either destroy their computers or spy on their victim. Some programs allow the cyberbully to control their victim's computer using remote control, and can sometimes be used to erase the hard drive of the victim.

<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Impersonation**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Pretending to be the victim, the cyberbully can do serious damage. They may post an inappropriate message in a group's chatroom posing as the victim, inviting an attack against the victim, often giving the name, address and telephone number of the victim to make the group's job easier. They sometimes also send a message to someone, saying hateful or threatening things while pretending to be the victim. They may also change a message really from the victim, making it appear that they have said nasty things or shared secrets with others.

<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Depression and suicide**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Depression and suicide can be a result of severe bullying. Cyberbullying and bullying ruin kids lives! Unless you want to live the rest of your life knowing that you are responsible for someones death or been severely depressed, DON'T BULLY PEOPLE! And if you see someone in the play ground who is been bullied help them! __**<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">CONSEQUENCES **__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Bullying and cyber bullying is very serious thing. There have been many cases were someone has made a embarrassing video and a friend has posted it on youtube or some other video site. One of the most known case was when a friend posted a embarrassing video he made called "star wars kid". The kid got bullyed to a point were he got depressed. The kids parents sued his friend. They won and got $250,000. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Take a stand against cyberbullying**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Education can help a lot in preventing and dealing with the consequences of cyberbullying. The first place to begin a campaign.Teaching children to “Take 5!” before responding to something they encounter online threats is a good place to start. Jokingly, people tell them to “Drop the Mouse! And step away from the computer and no one will get hurt!” We then encourage children to find ways to help them calm down. This may include doing yoga, or deep-breathing. It may include running, playing catch or shooting hoops. It may involve taking a bath, hugging a stuffed animal or talking on the phone with friends. Each child can find their own way of finding their center point again. And if they do, they will often not become a cyberbully. If we can help kids understand how much bullying hurts, how in many cases words can hurt you, fewer may cooperate with the cyberbullies. They will think twice before forwarding a hurtful e-mail, or visiting a cyberbullying “vote for the fat girl” site, or allowing others to take videos or cell phone pictures of personal moments or compromising poses of others. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that in the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. We need to teach children not to stand silently by while others are being tormented. While it is crucial that they are taught that they shouldn't take matters into their own hands and they need to talk to their parents. And if we expect them to trust us, we need to be worthy of that trust.

<span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Cyber statistics**__ <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">A quarter of Australian children report that they have been cyberbullied. <span style="color: #8f26e3; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Cyberbullying is more common in older children with 31% of 14-17 year old reporting that they have been cyberbullied compared to 21% of 10-13 year olds. 22% of parents of children aged 4-18 admit they have no control over their children's online activities. Although most parents (78%) claim to control their children's computer use, only one-in-three has Internet filtering in place. 760,000 teenagers are allowed to have computers in their rooms. <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Just four-in-ten parents are restricting Internet use to shared family areas with 42% saying they never check the history of websites their kids have been visiting. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Between 1 in 5 students report being bullied at least once a week. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Bullying often happens in the last primary years and first few secondary years. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Males are bullied more often than females. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Children with positive relationships with their parents are less likely to be a bully. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Name calling is the most common form of bullying. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Children who are bullied are more likely to have higher levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and illness. People who bully are more likely to drop out of school, use drugs, alcohol and engage in criminal behaviour. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Young people who bully have one in four chance of having a criminal record by the age of 30. <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">HERE ARE SOME BULLYING VIDEOS YOU CAN WATCH:

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<span style="color: #8650ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #8650ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Call 000 or your local police if you or someone you know is in immediate danger or risk and requires urgent

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__**<span style="color: #8650ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kids helpline 1800-55-1800 **__ <span style="color: #8650ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kids Helpline is a 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling service for Australian young people aged between 5 and 25 years. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kids Helpline talk to more than 6,000 kids each week, about all sorts of problems. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Young people can access KidsHelpline by calling 1800 55 1800 or visiting their website. <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If there is a problem with friends or family or you just want to talk to someone to sort out issues then call this number! <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">But remember don't call this number as a joke, this a helpline not a prankline! <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">It's a free call!

__**<span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Lifeline 13-11-14 **__ <span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Lifeline offer a free 24 hour telephone counselling service. Anyone can call Lifeline at any time. As well as providing telephone counseling, Lifeline can provide you with information about other support services available in your area.

__**<span style="color: #852ce8; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Child Abuse **__ <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If you are a victim of child abuse or know a child needing protection contact Child Protection Service in your area.

or 02 6207 0720 (after hours) || __**<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Grief Counselling 1300-853-133 **__ <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">If you have recently lost someone close to you and need someone outside of your support network to speak to, phone the Centre for Grief Education Bereavement Counselling service. This service provides face-to-face counselling.
 * VIC || Child Protection Crisis Line 13 12 78 (24 hours) ||
 * TAS || Child Protection Advice & Referral Service 1300 737 639 ||
 * NSW || Child Protection & Family Services 1800 066 777 (24 hours) ||
 * ACT || Child Abuse Advice & Information 02 6207 1069 (business hours)
 * NT || Child & Family Protective Services 08 8962 4399 ||
 * QLD || Emergency Crisis Line 07 3235 9999 or 1800 177 134 (24 hours) ||
 * SA || Child Abuse Report Line 131 478 (24 hours) ||
 * WA || Crisis Care Unit 08 9325 1111 or 1800 199 008 or 08 9325 1232 (TTY) ||

__**<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Sexual Assault Support Services **__ If you are a victim of sexual assualt or know someone who is phone the support service in your area. Gatehouse Centre, Royal Children's Hospital on 03 9345 6391 (24 hours) || 03 6334 2740 for north region or 03 6431 9711 for north west region || If you are a victim of domestic violence or know someone who is contact the support service in your area. or 02 6228 1852 (TTY, 24 hours) ||
 * VIC || CASA 03 9344 2210, 03 9349 1766 or 1800 806 292 or
 * TAS || Sexual Assult Support Service 03 6231 1811 for south region,
 * NSW || Child Abuse Prevention Service 02 9716 8000 or 1800 688 009 (24 hours) ||
 * ACT || Child Abuse Advice & Information 02 6207 1069 (business hours) or 02 6207 0720 (after hours) ||
 * NT || Sexual Assault Referral Centre 08 8951 5884 (24 hours) ||
 * QLD || Emergency Crisis Line 07 3235 9999 or 1800 177 135 (24 hours) ||
 * SA || Child Abuse Report Line 131 478 (24 hours) ||
 * WA || Sexual Assault & Referal Centre 08 9340 1828 or 08 9340 1820 or 1800 199 888 ||
 * __<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Domestic Violence Prevention and Support Services __**
 * ALL STATES || Men's Line Australia on 1300 78 99 78 ||
 * VIC || Women's Domestic Violence Service of Victoria 1800 015 188 ||
 * TAS || Domestic Violence Crisis Service 1800 633 937 ||
 * NSW || Domestic Violence Line 1800 656 436 (24 hours) or 1800 671 442 (TTY) ||
 * ACT || Domestic Violence Crisis Service 02 6280 0900 (24 hours)
 * NT || Domestic Violence Crisis Line 1800 019 116 (24 hours) ||
 * QLD || Domestic Violence Telephone Service 1800 811 811 or 1800 812 225 (TTY) ||
 * SA || Domestic Violence Crisis Service 1300 782 200 (24 hours) or 131 611 (Crisis Care 4pm - 9am) ||
 * WA || Family Helpline 08 9221 2000 or 1800 643 000 (24 hours) ||


 * <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">CyberSafety **

<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Australian Communications and Media Authority's website Cybersmart provides cybersafety information for young children, teens and parents. It also has an Online Helpline for young people who have had negative online experiences, such as cyberbullying.

<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Some foundations supporting bullying and cyberbullying are: <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Allanah and Madeline Foundation <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Megan Meier Foundation <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The Line <span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Kidscape

<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Please, if you can, donate to some of the foundations listed to help kids get through bad times.

[] [] [] [] [] [] Videos from Ms Collins. __**<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Thankyou for taking your time to go through this guide!!! **__ __**<span style="color: #7e20cf; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">And remember take a stand against bullying!!! **__
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