Cyber bullying at 1 in 4 El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Fights Back

The more we become connected online and are able to embrace friends and interactions through our phone, laptop, and mobil device, the more we need to think about teaching our kids the guidelines on how to use these devices.

1 in 4 children admit to cyber bullying, and those are just the students who are willing to acknowledge and conscious of the actions. It wouldn't be surprising if more than half of students online haven't taken part in some form of bullying online.

The first step to bully prevention begins with talking to our children about how we communicate, both in person and online. Since most of these are taking place on social networking sites, regardless of the persons presence or not, they needs to be an understanding and training for students to be more aware and mature when using these devices.

El Dorado Hills Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu  is a martial arts school located in El Dorado Hills, CA that reinforces these lessons on the mat. In our curriculum we include thoughts, training, and methods to help address a bully both in person and online. More importantly, we talk to our students about different possibilities, and keep the parents as well as the students up to date on how they can be advocates agains bullying.

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1 in 4 secondary students 'admits to cyber bullying'

Survey also finds that 1 in 5 primary school pupils has been bullied online

PUBLISHED ON JUL 14, 2014 7:08 AM

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A posed photograph of a victim of cyber-bullying. One in four secondary school students have admitted to bullying their peers online in the past year, according to a poll. -- PHOTO: ST FILE  

BY JANICE TAI

One in four secondary school students admitted that they have bullied their peers online within the past year, a poll has found, while one in three said they have been victims of cyber bullying.

These ranged from spreading rumours or vicious remarks about a person on social networks, to "defacing" a person's picture and then circulating it online.

One in five primary school children, too, reported being "cyber bullied".

The survey of 3,000 secondary school students and 1,900 primary pupils was done by Touch Cyber Wellness, the main agency that runs online safety talks in schools here.

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New app offers safety tips

PARENTS who want to find out more about what their children get up to in cyberspace can now do so while on the move.

SingTel and Touch Cyber Wellness launched Singapore's first cyber-wellness mobile app - dubbed notAnoobie - last week.

In popular lingo, the term "noobie" refers to a novice.

The free app aims to be a one-stop information source to help parents better understand and protect their children from online risks.

Parents can be kept in the loop about the latest cybertrends in six key areas via the app: gaming, social media, cyber bullying, inappropriate online content, mobile technology and online privacy.

In each section, there are resources such as game reviews and real-life stories of young people who had to grapple with online bullying or online scams and pornography.

"Many parents have told us that they are often clueless about their children's online activities. Yet, they are and should be the first line of defence when their children run into problems," said Mr Eugene Seow, executive director of Touch Community Services.

The app is available for download on the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores.

JANICE TAI

 

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