Submitted by anonymous -- for the protection of many (not verified) on July 18, 2007 - 12:24.
My daughter and several others were victims. Thank goodness she left up a particularly offensive I.M. and i cut and pasted it in to a document and saved it. Tracked down the young man and what IP he had been using. His school took action. Let's just leave it at that. It took me awhile to approach and explain emotional abuse not only to her, but to several others that he and some of his... ahhhmm.. minions had inflicted. Haven't heard a peep since. I never ever told our daughter how I knew. I didn't want to feel like her privacy had been breeched. It is a thin thin line. If she ever figured it out, she never mentioned it.
We all must be vigilant, and NON REACTIVE, especially women in leadership roles. You certainly can not make a victim feel any worse. We must also teach HOW to protect ourselves without isolating ourselves. Learning how to track down an IP address is one thing I taught mine. Some schools - esp private and post HS institutions will have a student removed for putting them in the path by using such behavior over the network they own.
Cyber Bully
Submitted by anonymous -- for the protection of many (not verified) on July 18, 2007 - 12:24.
My daughter and several others were victims. Thank goodness she left up a particularly offensive I.M. and i cut and pasted it in to a document and saved it. Tracked down the young man and what IP he had been using. His school took action. Let's just leave it at that. It took me awhile to approach and explain emotional abuse not only to her, but to several others that he and some of his... ahhhmm.. minions had inflicted. Haven't heard a peep since. I never ever told our daughter how I knew. I didn't want to feel like her privacy had been breeched. It is a thin thin line. If she ever figured it out, she never mentioned it.
We all must be vigilant, and NON REACTIVE, especially women in leadership roles. You certainly can not make a victim feel any worse. We must also teach HOW to protect ourselves without isolating ourselves. Learning how to track down an IP address is one thing I taught mine. Some schools - esp private and post HS institutions will have a student removed for putting them in the path by using such behavior over the network they own.
Keep Strong! Just~A~Mom