Argument for my position

·      It is estimated that 40% of students in school experience cyberbullying. (Patchin & Hinduja, 2012)

·      3 million children are absent month due to cyber bullying

·      20% of kids that are cyberbullied contemplate suicide, while 1 in every 10 attempts it. (Kowalski, Robin M, 2012)

·      Parents and schools need to work together to stop cyberbullying. (Vandebosch, H. 2014)

·      To stop it educational assemblies will be held for students. They will be direct and right to the point, showing the importance of an issue like this. (Patchin & Hinduja, 2012)

·      Students need to be aware and take action that being a bystander to cyberbullying is also bad. If thy see it happening they need to report it to someone (Vandebosch, H. 2014)


Sources

Patchin, J. W., & Hinduia, S. (2012). School-Based Efforts to Prevent Cyberbullying. Prevention Researcher, 19(3), 7-9.



Vandebosch, H. (2014). SCHOOLS AND CYBERBULLYING: PROBLEM PERCEPTION, CURRENT ACTIONS AND FUTURE NEEDS. International Journal of Cyber Society and Education, 7(1), 29-47. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.adelphi.edu:2443/docview/1550522204?accountid=8204

 

Kowalski, Robin M., et al. Cyberbullying : Bullying in the Digital Age, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/adelphi/detail.action?docID=822111.