With so many ways for people to access the internet it's really difficult for adolescents to avoid cyberbullying and preventing it completely is very difficult for parents. An article went over the strategies that can be taken to prevent the amount of cyberbullying.
This article was written by the nation crime prevention council and many of their options seemed to have good intentions but I don't know how realistic they are. The article kept mentioning monitoring the computer usage of teens and looking at the websites they frequently visit but now that most adolescents have smart phones, tablets or laptops it makes it very difficult for parents to know exactly what their kids are doing every time they are on the internet.
Talking to teens about their internet usage was also discussed and letting them know how they act on the internet has an effect on people and their are right and wrong ways to go about communicating with different people. I think that, that might be a more effective way because when teens are educated on the dangers of cyberbullying before it occurs they will already have that knowledge in the back of their mind.
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