Dangers Of Cyberbullying

Parents Act If parents thought their children could stand a risk walking to school and back, consider the dangers that the internet would have. Parents’ monitor to their children’ online state has emphasized the fact that the parent might interfere as some children use the internet for research purpose. However, it is necessary to random-check on the progress of the kid and advice or create awareness of the dangers of the internet. According to the report in 2013 by Pew Research Center, approximately half of parents with teens online have tried to use parental controls or filtering and monitoring their child’s online activities and made it successfully (Gordon). Although some parents believe that it is an invasion of privacy, other parents

Cyberbullying is the use of the electronic form of communication to bully someone typically by sending messages of a threatening or intimidating nature (Chadwik 4). It majorly entails using social networking sites to harass the children sexually. Therefore, parents should monitor their children’s online usage as it slowly erodes their built virtues. Cyberbullying leads to emotional and psychological distress arising from the exchange of nude pictures and images around their world. Resultantly, anxiety, fear, depression and low self-esteem appear (Chadwik 25). If the parents do not handle this, children will be stress because they feel the situation is more than to be dealt. Cyberbullying allows the individual anonymity without seeing the impact or the response from the other person (Chadwik 8). In addition, the child feels vulnerable and powerless because the bullying can invade any time through the computer, hence challenging to explore safely. Moreover, the feeling of humiliation and being exposed is hard for children to bear. Furthermore, once something is out online, it always has no limit to transmission (Chadwik 34). Anger and vengefulness about what is happening become toxic; however, this is dangerous because it keeps the child locked in the bully-victim cycle. Resultantly, children might end up injuring their fellow age-mates (Chadwik 44). On the other side, monitoring of children

Sexting panic demonstrates unease about technology and adolescent girl sexuality blurring from critical queries on adopting standards and approval for new media (Hasinoff 88). While sexting has been a practice done by people from all ages, most media coverage, for example, The BBC, CNN, and New York Times have emphasized on the negative aspects it has on the adolescent. The recipient might have forward it to other friends, who send to other, and so on. By doing so, the nude images or video could hit back to the sender, who regretful might decide to punish themselves by harmful decisions, for example, suicide (Hasinoff 88). Additionally, the realization of such indiscipline action by the school community might lead to suspension. This causes distress to both the parents and the specific individual. Furthermore, the issue lowers the respect given to the said individual. If sext of oneself floats around and even outside the school, it raises terrible eyebrows, and one could get a bad reputation. Moreover, with the fact that the action is unlawful, there could be legal consequences (Hasinoff 81). Exchange of nude pictures of children or even under eighteen years could lead to court charges of child pornography and could risk by being a victim of sex offenders’ registry. However, monitoring children’s internet usage could