Cyberbullying: Hiding behind the screen
In recent years, the term ‘cyberbullying’ has become relatively common in the media, often cited as a contributor to several high-profile suicides of young adolescents. A review of the literature published in 2010 showed that no articles referenced ‘cyberbullying’ before 2004, confirming its recent emergence. There is no universally accepted definition; however, most definitions describe a repeated activity conducted via electronic means with an intent to cause psychological torment.
How to Recognize and Prevent Cyberbullying: Tips for Parents and Teachers
Cyberbullying is a serious threat to the mental health and well-being of children and teenagers. In online environment, it is possible to encounter threats, insults, slander and other forms of aggressive behavior from peers or even strangers. Parents and teachers play a key role in combating cyberbullying, so it's important to know how to prevent and recognize it.
Cyberbullying: Dangers and Consequences the Victim and the Offender Face
Any user of social networks discovers one day that technological progress may enhance not only the best but also the worst personal traits. This way bullying has moved from offline to online and taken on new forms.
Consequences of Cyberbullying: What Is the Danger for the Victim and What Threatens the Offender?
Any user of social networks discovers one day that technological progress may enhance not only the best but also the worst personal traits. This way bullying has moved from offline to online and taken on new forms.
Psychological Consequences of Cyberbullying in Children: How to Help Victims? Advice for Parents and Educators
All parents want the best for their children. But the world is changing, and along with the good things, progress brings new aspects to our lives that can threaten our children's safety. Today, every child spends most of their free time online: on social networks, games or messengers. The Internet offers many opportunities for learning and socializing, but it can also cause harm by becoming a platform for bullying, or cyberbullying.
How to Deal with Cyberbullying?
The fast and free Internet has given us access to a lot of useful information, communication and exchange of ideas, but it has also given rise to insults, cancel culture and cyberbullying.
Child Cyberbullying: What Is It and How to Fight It?
Today, parents are faced with an urgent issue concerning children and the Internet. It's not just about the number of hours spent in front of the computer or on the phone, but also about the child’s online safety. Being full of trust and not so much experience, children can easily be exposed to various risks - from accidental disclosure of personal information to cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying: What to Do If You Are Being Bullied Online
November 2024 marked the end of Cyberbullying Awareness Month, an annual awareness campaign to combat online bullying. In 2024, VK organized it for the sixth time, and for the first time extended it by a month to encourage more people to pay attention to the problem and join the project.
How to Teach Children to Protect Themselves from Cyberbullying and Help Them Regulate Their Emotions?
As children are spending more and more time online, it is important to keep them safe and help them manage their emotions effectively. In this text, you will find helpful tips that parents and educators can use to achieve these goals.
How to Make Online Safer for Your Child?
Our era of digitalization witnesses children using gadgets since birth, and today "no computer" methods no longer work in every case. Nowadays, parents should think more about how to make online safer, rather than how to limit their child's access to the Internet. That's what we're going to talk about.
How Is Cyberbullying Different from Real-Life One?
Marina Valentinovna, a social studies teacher, gave her students, Dima and Sasha, the task of making a project on the topic...
Protecting Our Children in a Digital World Built for Adults
Before they even master handwriting, children today already know how to swipe, scroll, and navigate screens effortlessly. For this generation, the digital world isn’t just a tool it’s an environment. A playground, a source of learning… but also a place of real risks. And as long as most mobile applications are designed with adults in mind, we must ask ourselves a crucial question: how do we protect children when the digital space was never built for them?
Internet Safety for Kids – Important Tips to Keep Your Child Safe
This is the digital age, where information is at everybody’s fingertips. Even young children these days have access to the internet via smartphones and tablets. They need to be made aware of the dangers of the internet and taught how to protect themselves from various online threats.
Internet and Social Media Impact on a Child's Self-Esteem
Social media has become an integral part of everyday life. Regardless of how we feel about this phenomenon, whether we accept it or criticize it, it cannot be denied that the Internet affects our lives and the education of our children.
What Is Personal Data and How to Protect It?
When you log into a game account, you enter personal information. When you sign up for a new social network, you enter personal information. When you make an online purchase, you enter personal information. Our personal information is the key to all the benefits of the Internet, and we have to share it. We do it lightly, not always thinking about the consequences. So, let's look at why it is important not to lose control of your data.
What Is Internet Addiction and How to Fight It?
To begin with, we believe that there is nothing wrong with using gadgets and the Internet - it's a natural part of modern life. It gives us quick access to almost any educational resource, allows us to communicate with people all over the world and to express ourselves.
What Is Internet Addiction and How to Deal with It?
To begin with, we believe that there is nothing wrong with using gadgets and the Internet - it's a natural part of modern life. It gives us quick access to almost any educational resource, allows us to communicate with people all over the world and to express ourselves.
Guilt or Pleasure: Should We Limit Time Spent Playing Games and Social Networking?
The Internet, social networking, and virtual reality have so much ingrained in our lives that debating their benefits or harms is like debating whether we need electricity, hot water, or antibiotics. We spend a lot of time on social networks, solving business problems, socializing, and having fun. And that is perfectly normal for an adult. But the situation is completely different when it comes to children.