Safe Sunday Cyber Bullying Statistics that may Shock You!

What would you do if your teenager was browsing the internet only to find their photo posted on another blog where someone was making fun of them? You would be pretty upset correct? I know I would. But what would you think when you found out that person was not a Teenager as the stats say  but yet a Grown adult with a child of her own?

This week I read a blog on momdot where the owner herself made a post from a Airport where she mocked and made fun of not one but two under age children. Can you believe that?  Her excuse? she was trying to make people aware of children being over weight. This is why she just HAD to blog on the issue...... That's why she also made fun of the others in her blog that day......... No it's not she was just being plain mean and hurtful..

Being a bully is NOT OK. it is not OK if your doing it in person and it's not OK if your doing it on line.

I remember a story not to long ago where another mother acted like a Teenagers boy friend then broke up with her on my space only for the teenager to kill herself later that night in her room.


When is ENOUGH enough? I Say it is enough already. I am going to post some Stats but remember when you read these stats they are speaking of CHILDREN not grown adults, who would of thunk you would of needed to do the stats on Grown adults? NOT ME.


Bullying is nothing new to school or youth culture. The past several decades in the United States have seen a remarkably consistent pattern, with bullying beginning in the elementary school years, peaking in frequency and intensity during junior high school (grades six through eight) and leveling off (but continuing) through high school.







But the rise of the Internet as a mean of regular communication between our children has opened up new doors for those who wish to bully other children. Chat rooms, My Space, email, instant messaging and other on line tools have all helped create the cyber bullying epidemic

Statistics about cyberbullying







According to the National Crime Prevention Center, over 40% of all teenagers with Internet access have reported being bullied on line during the past year.


Girls are more likely than boys to be the target of cyberbullying. Also, there is a direct correlation to the amount of time girls spend on line and the likelihood that they will be bullied.


The National Crime Prevention Center National Crime Prevention Center study found that only 10% of those kids who were bullied told their parents about the incident, and that a mere 18% of the cases were reported to a local or national law enforcement agency.


Only 15% of parents are “in the know” about their kids’ social networking habits, and how these behaviors can lead to cyberbullying.


Currently, the most common virtual locations for cyberbullying are chat rooms, social networking web sites, email and instant message systems.


Of the technologies above, chat rooms are currently where the most cyberbullying occurs, with various sources finding anywhere between 45% - 57% of all incidents originating there.


Social networking sites such as Face book and My Space are growing fast, and so are the cyberbullying incidents originating from them. Experts believe that they will soon overtake chat rooms as the top source of cyberbullying problems worldwide.


According to a recent study, 58% of 4th through 8th graders reported having mean or cruel things said to them online. 53% said that they have said mean or hurtful things to others while online. 42% of those studied said that they had been “bullied online”, but almost 60% have never told their parents about the incident.


Cell phone cameras and digital cameras are a growing problem in the cyberbullying world. A recent survey found that 10% of 770 young people surveyed were made to feel “threatened, embarrassed or uncomfortable” by a photo taken of them using a cell-phone camera.



According to extensive research on middle school age students and teenagers online, the fastest growing problems within the world of cyberbullying are:


Stealing an individual’s name and password to a social networking site, then using their profile to post rumors, gossip or other damaging information.


Altering photographs using PhotoShop or other photo editing software in order to humiliate the individual.


Recording conversations without the individual’s knowledge or consent, then posting the call online.


Creating confrontational and mean-spirited online polls about the individual and posting them on different web sites.


Using web sites and blogs to post hurtful, embarrassing information about another individual
 
 
Did you read that? This is exactly what Trisha at Momdot did. She is a Cyber bully. The worse of them actually as she uses her blog to make money there for she is using this teenager girl she posted about as a way to make more views on her blog and in return get more money. unfortunately the Coward has made that blog post password protective but thankfully you can view it here so you can see for yourself exactly what she's like. I have taken out the faces of the innocent children as I don't want to spread it around but it was not taken out in her post. I have also taken all over photo's off of it. I am not going to post a screen shot with her child's face showing her or husbands or the other bloggers. I don't feel it would be right. BTW the young girl ( both of them ) that she made fun of in her post are both beautiful!
 
Do you think what this mom blogger did is OK? if not can you please sign this petition to show her and to show her Sponsors  it is NOT OK and we are not going to stand around while She uses innocent children to make money. 
http://www.petitiononline.com/102102/
 
 
If you are one of the bloggers that think what she is doing is OK. Please no longer follow my blog as I won't be following yours