My local newspaper carried a story this morning about a survey studying teens (14-24 year old) and their experiences with cyberbullying and sexting. What seems unusual is the survey was commissioned by MTV and Associated Press.
The results suggest the trends are really unchanged... it appears as if about a third of students are involved in some way in an on-going basis. More than that have had experience with these types of interactions, fewer are involved on a regular basis... fewer than a third are involved with sexting involving images.
This all suggests to me we (as educators and parents) need to continue to be proactive in building young people's understanding of how to interact with each other in an appropriate manner (using technology and not). That we the trend that the results show of more students intervening to stop their peers form engaging in this type of behavior can continue.
But can I say, that bullying is a problem among adults as well... I have observed in recent days situations in which adults were interacting with children (and with younger adults) in absolutely inappropriate ways. These types of interactions have led a colleague to observe, "sometime bullies become teachers."
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