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Cyber Bullying: Not a Pretty Picture!. By: Baylee Reller. OMG! Megan Meier hung herself from being cyber bullied!?!:-0. Ring!. FCCLA Planning Process. Identify Concerns Set a Goal Form a Plan Act Follow Up. Relation to FACS. FACS coursework: Career and Family Leadership
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Cyber Bullying: Not a Pretty Picture! By: Baylee Reller
OMG! Megan Meier hung herself from being cyber bullied!?!:-0 Ring!
FCCLA Planning Process • Identify Concerns • Set a Goal • Form a Plan • Act • Follow Up
Relation to FACS • FACS coursework: • Career and Family Leadership • Child Development • Family and Individual Health • Family Living and Parenthood
Relationship to FCCLA • Families First • Power of 1 • Stop the Violence
Career Clusters Teaching and Training Administration Professional Support Early Childhood development Counseling Mental Health
Cyber bullying Cyber bullying is when a person targets another person using interactive technologies.
Bully Behaviors… • Pushing • Hitting • Lying • Spreading rumors • Shutting people out of groups • Verbal attacks • Getting others to bully
Primary areas of bully Influence • Media • Family
Exposure to the TV • Children spend an average of 3 to 4 hours a day watching TV. • 3.9 hours of TV viewing at age 4= 25% increase in being a bully later in life
60% of TV shows and movies contain some violence. • 40% of TV contains heavy violence.
Most video games contain violence. • 83% of homes have video games.
Media violence significantly increases the risk of children and adults behaving aggressively.
Are You a Cyber Bully? Have you ever… • Logged on to something using someone else's username? • Teased or frightened someone using IM? • Insulted someone online? • Hacked into someone's account? • Posted pictures of someone else online?
Cyber Bullying Statistics Nationwide Stats TMS Stats • 11% of students posted rumors or sent rude messages. • 53% of kids posted rumors or sent rude messages. • 35% of kids have been insulted. • 25% of students insulted someone online. • 28% of students have been cyber bullied. • 42% of kids have been cyber bullied
Not a Pretty Picture! Cyber bullying can be very shocking and upsetting.
Questions to ask b4U Cyber Bully • Would I say it to their face? • How would I feel if you received the text message? • Why am I doing this, is it really worth it?
Text messages to not LOL about. • U R sooo… stupid:p ;( • Evry1 hates U • U r a LOSER!!! And many more…
10 Steps to Deal with Cyber Bullies… • Print & save the messages. • Never reply to a cyber bully. • Don’t be friends with people who are sending nasty messages.
Don’t give into blackmailing • Contact the social network • Tell someone you know and trust.
Take a break from your phone or computer for a few days. • Sign on with a different user name.
Be careful to who you let use your phone or get on your network account. • Remember its not your fault, to not be ashamed, and you don’t have to put up with it.
Tips to be Safe with your Cell Phone • Only give out your cell phone number to people you know. • Don’t send rumors. • Don’t send anything you wouldn’t want to show your parents. • Always remember having a cell phone is a privilege and not a right. • Don’t respond to someone you don’t know.
Megan Meier • 13 year old girl • MySpace • Believed was a new boy in her hometown. the “friend” was a group adults • Committed suicide • Caused state government officials to pass some of the harshest cyber bullying laws in the country.
TMS FCCLA Involvement • Anti-Bullying presentations to the 6th grade • Anti-bullying campaigns • Surveyed the Troy community and Troy Middle School
Missouri’s Involvement • Governor Matt Blunt created a task force whose purpose was to study and create laws regarding cyber bullying. • Missouri passed some of the toughest anti-bullying laws.
Review • FCCLA and FACS involvement • Bullying behaviors • Recognizing yourself as a cyber bully • Protecting yourself • Real life Consequences
G2Glet more FCCLA members know what they can do to stop cyber bullying!