Cyber-Mentors – an online anti-bullying support system of youth for youth
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Loading ...I really liked this article on “Cyber-Mentors”, a relatively new program from BeatBullying (based in the UK) that is gaining traction. Justin and I believe strongly in the power of older students and youth to provide guidance and advice to younger students as it relates to peer conflict (especially the online variant). Many of the mentors who participate in this program have experienced or witnessed cyberbullying, and are therefore in a unique position to offer counsel as they are personally and emotionally invested in helping the target of harassment in cyberspace. BeatBullying is working to become a 24/7 resource, and provide help to American youth as well; they currently work with hundreds of kids a week in a direct, physical capacity and thousands in a virtual capacity. They have recently elected Professor Tanya Byron to be their president. This is really encouraging to me because she believes in the importance of rigorous research as the foundation of any program.
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November 6th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Can you make one for adults. I think we need it also. These so called grown-ups seem to bully more than the children.
November 9th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
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December 1st, 2009 at 8:36 pm
hello,
my name is Luke Rolfe I am 16, and i am the founder of beat bullying kids UK (BBKIDS UK) a youth run anti bullying network, we work with young people aged 11-21 with any ‘bullying’ issues they may have, from our research, not a lot of them had herd of our program @ http://bbkids.co.uk until they ‘googled’ us. why is it that when our organisation started evry person who came to the site was there for a positive reason weather it be for advice or to support us? now well, half of the people we get are either spammers trying to get free advertising or people taking the mick out of what we do? I really like what cyber mentors do, I will soon be a fully trained cyber mentor however, why do ‘grown-ups’ as they have been refered to, just seem to say why are you doing this? You have no right, you don’t know what you are doing? I was abused as a child and I am only 16 now, I think i have the experience and I have 500 members who agree.