by Kate Flaxx

Created on: October 31, 2010

No one likes a bully; they’re mean and may trip you over, pull your hair, tease you about something silly, take your lunch money, take your lunch, punch, kick, spit and just in general, do anything else that makes you feel weak, insignificant and low about yourself.  These bullies are not worth the trouble of worry and for your own safety, it helps to speak up when you’re being bullied.

No-one has the right to make you feel uncomfortable about being yourself.

This was the type of bully that could be seen in school yards, the kind of bully that was around about 20 years ago.  These bullies have resurfaced year after year tormenting and harassing whoever they think they can prey on. 

Except now with the modern technology, comes the new and just as ugly breed of bully; the cyber bully.  They use social networks such as Facebook to carry out their tormenting and harassment and may even use mobile phones to directly bully a person. 

The cyber bully will happily sit in their pyjamas and use modern technology as their weapon to make someone else’s life a living hell.  They do this alone or with the help of their friends, a practice very common with teenage girls or even boys. 

The definition of cyber bully does not only cover the teenage age group, there are cyber bully adults who will also stoop so low.

No matter what age you are, there are steps you can take to handle cyber bullying.

Try the following tips;

Tip # 1 – Talk about it

If you’re a school aged person, the best thing to do is talk to your parents or your school councillor.  You don’t have to go through that type of torture alone and if the bully is affecting both your school life as well as outside of school, you need to tell someone about what’s happening.

If you’re an adult, it might also help if you talk to someone about what’s happening.

Tip # 2 – Ignore

This may sound like a difficult thing to do especially if you are a school aged person.  As well as putting up with a bully at school, you may be dealing with the cyber bully too.  If you can try and ignore their messages or other hateful things they are saying, ignore it.  If you receive a message from them, delete it, don’t read it.

Tip # 3 – Keep you information safe

The best thing you can do to avoid a cyber bully is to delete them from your Facebook account.  If they’re not on your friends list, block them

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