Cyberbullying is the act of communicating harmful, violent and/or malicious words and or pictures through the means of technology.

Cyberbullying (also spelled Cyber-bullying, Cyber bullying or online bullying) is the term used to refer to bullying and harassment by use of electronic devices though means of e-mail, instant messaging, text messages, blogs, mobile phones, pagers, and websites.
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No longer does bullying transpire only on school grounds.  The cyber world has allowed for children to be vulnerable to bullying in the safe haven of their home.  This new ability to socially network in the cyber world is rapidly expanding the harmful affects children suffer from being bullied.  Adults have to play an active role in protecting their children from this rising trend. 

Taking the recommendations of the experts in online safety and security, CyberBully Alert was created as a safety tool to increase the communication between parents and their children. Today’s youth are developing socially much differently than previous generations.  Although communication has been an important factor in all generations, today’s youth are tech savvy and have been socialized to communicate via technology. If we want to know what is going on with our kids in the cyber world, then we must get into the cyber world.  We have to extend tools to our children that are relevant and make it easy for them to report cyberbullying and other cyber threats.  By downloading CyberBully Alert on the computer, if the parent is not at home when a situation arises, CyberBully Alert enables the child to click an icon and instantly send an alert via the internet.  CyberBully Alert will increase the numbers of kids reporting these situations, and enhance online child safety.

• Use CyberBully Alert to immediately tell an adult about an online threat
• Never respond to the online threats—stop online activity immediately
• Do not take the message personally
• Do not retaliate
• Be a leader and stand up to cyberbullying when online and at school
• Inform your teachers if cyberbullying is affecting your learning environment at school

• Use CyberBully Alert to establish a pattern of consistent communication with your child—be the one that your child can trust
• Actively monitor your child’s online communication—set ground rules about expected online behavior
• Fully support your child if a threat occurs
• Collect information about all threats and take action
• Intervene—it’s the key to prevent destructive threats