Do you watch Hollyoaks? Nope, me neither. They're doing it for Anti-Bullying Week which has become so important it has been extended to Anti-Bullying Month. While Jimmy thinks that you should just switch off the internet if you don't like what's happening there, it's obvious that solution simply doesn't work for most of us. I much prefer Jazmine's notion that we need to discuss what's happening - more often and in more places. She strikes a real true note for me when she says that at 13 she used to close down her screen when her dad came into the room - my 13 year old has just started doing this very thing. To this end - there's lots of info on the
However I do have online age children and they are dealing with issues of cyberbullying.
Two Hollyoaks actors, Jimmy McKenna and Jazmine Franks have done a video that neatly illustrates the gulf between parents and their kids when it comes to what they do with a computer/phone/otherinternetthingy.
But I think the most important thing is to let your children know that the internet isn't some shiny world that crusty-old parents don't have a clue about. We might not have the exact answers, but we know where to look and we can help.