The NSW Legislative Council is currently holding an Parliamentary Inquiry into bullying of children and young people. Anyone can make a submission to the inquiry - the deadline is 13 March 2009.
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The online Sun Herald has three short articles today about cyberbullying in Australia. In brief: the Internet is a huge part of the lives of children and teens, but many teachers avoid the net, and are therefore clueless about cyberbullying. Kids as young as five are involved in "online harassment and denigration"; about one in three kids 10-14 are cyberbullied.
When MySpace ends in tears
Teased so much he wanted to die
Children know their tormentors refers to a survey by Girlfriend magazine in which 67% of respondents reported cyberbullying. Obviously there's some self-selection there, but nonetheless, hundreds of Australian girls said they had been bullied online or via their mobile phones. Girlfriend is running an I Delete Bullies campaign, including a Code of Conduct.
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Finally, the Daily Fail lol ran an article quoting an expert as saying Bullying can be good for you. This is mostly of interest for the very obviously fake rant about the nanny state and thugs, which I see has mysteriously risen to the top of the comments.
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The online Sun Herald has three short articles today about cyberbullying in Australia. In brief: the Internet is a huge part of the lives of children and teens, but many teachers avoid the net, and are therefore clueless about cyberbullying. Kids as young as five are involved in "online harassment and denigration"; about one in three kids 10-14 are cyberbullied.
When MySpace ends in tears
Teased so much he wanted to die
Children know their tormentors refers to a survey by Girlfriend magazine in which 67% of respondents reported cyberbullying. Obviously there's some self-selection there, but nonetheless, hundreds of Australian girls said they had been bullied online or via their mobile phones. Girlfriend is running an I Delete Bullies campaign, including a Code of Conduct.
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Finally, the Daily Fail lol ran an article quoting an expert as saying Bullying can be good for you. This is mostly of interest for the very obviously fake rant about the nanny state and thugs, which I see has mysteriously risen to the top of the comments.