Vanessa Van Petten, host of the blog, On Youth and Teens Today, and author of the book, You’re Grounded, How to Stop Fighting and Make the Teenage Years Easier, has launched an Anti-Cyberbullying campaign, today – February 4, 2009 – to help our teens by raising awareness about cyberbulling. As Vanessa defines it, “Cyberbullying involves the use of 
technology to spread, communicate or use information to deliberately harm other individuals or groups through email, IM, social networks, websites, blogs or phones.”
Cyberbulling is rampant and can utterly destroy its target, which could be your teen. It ranges from posting lies on a face book wall to superimposing a young person’s face on a female or male body doing things you can’t even image. Teens who do not know how to fight cyberbulling can become depressed, loose interest in school, turn to alcohol or drugs and even commit suicide. So, please join this campaign and spread the word.
For Vanessa’s entire post, click here.
Click here for her 6 Things Parents Need to Know About Cyberbullying or here for how to stop it from happening.
Please…join the cause — spread the word — talk to your teens, friends, teachers, school administrators, guidance counselors and pediatricians. It’s that important.
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