The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration advises parents to encourage children to tell them immediately if they are victims of cyberbullying or other troublesome online behaviors. The agency also lists a number of steps that parents can take to help prevent cyber bullying and how to respond to it, which can be found here.
The site also includes extensive information on preventing and dealing with traditional forms of bullying, which is available here.
The problem of bullying remains high in America. In a study published last year, Dr. Iannotti and his team found that 20.8 percent of U.S. adolescents in school reported to having been bullied physically at least once in the last two months. More than half said they were bullied both verbally and socially, with 13.6 percent admitting to having been bullied electronically.
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