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Cyber Bullies
By Teri Brown
Learn about and teach your teenager about blocking software for e-mails and instant messaging. If your teen is receiving text messages, then you can contact your phone company and report the matter. If there is a Web site that contains inappropriate or defamatory information about your teen, then you need to contact the ISP responsible for hosting it. Contact your own Internet service provider. They may be able to assist.
Remember to alert your teen's school to possible problems. Teachers could then watch out for groups of kids huddling around computers at lunchtime or after school. The IT department may also be able to review their Internet filtering logs to see if students are regularly visiting a specific Web site. If there are any suspicious sites that have suddenly become popular with students, then the sites should be investigated.
Cyber bullying doesn't have to destroy your teen's high school years. With communication, vigilance and know-how, technology can go back to being what it should be: a wonderful tool to inform, entertain and delight your teenager.