Fat chance that it is also in the class of your child: bullying on the internet. Offensive comments, exclusion on WhatsApp and dissemination of nude photos. Schools do more and more against this form of bullying, and also the police no longer looks.
"In high school these days, everyone has a smartphone," says Remco Pijpers, strategic advisor for mijnkindonline.nl Kennisnet. "The relationships between the children are not yet fixed, so begins the bullying." According to Pijpers has about 11 percent of children suffer from cyberbullying.
"Often it happens, for example, that two children in the class are not added to a WhatsApp group. Bullying is not even aware of it, but as the bullying often starts." Pipers can see that schools and teachers always do more against (cyber) bullying. "Schools now know better how to talking with their students about it. They are also required to prevent bullying."
The police are increasingly against the bullies. Department of North Holland will train more officers to act against cyber bullies, it made a spokesman on Monday. According to Pijpers a good plan, "I think it's good that the police are dealing with this, they have mainly to do with the most severe cases, the police go into the classroom to warn that sexting and bullying really can not it seem logical.. it is a criminal offense, but sometimes kids know that! "
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Is your child being bullied:
Nurse Christa van Diepen works at the GGD as attention bullying officer. RTL News she gives some helpful tips for parents.
- Ask for it! It can sometimes be difficult to recognize when your child, so ask questions
- A child does not always himself to be bullied, sometimes the burden of the tense atmosphere between other pupils themselves
- See if your child is going to behave differently, worse going to perform at school or has bruises
- Step up to the teacher to ask to be alert, or ask other staff and other parents
- Look on the computer to the browser history, make screenshots
- Try to ensure that a child as much as possible to stand up against bullying.
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By Editorial Edition NL Photo: iStock
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