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People indulge in cyber bullying as a result of their frustration and anger. People having too much time to waste, tend to indulge in cyber bullying practices. Earlier, bullying could be done in two ways, either through aggressive behaviour causing physical harm or through verbal abuse in the form of teasing or ridiculing. However, in the technology-age of today, cyber bullying has come up as a relatively recent form of bullying that involves abuse through Internet and other electronic devices.

Cyber bullying can be accomplished by means of sending text messages written in a lewd language or sending abusive mail messages over the cell phone or the internet. Bullying through web sites allows the web users to write abusive and hurtful messages on the site. Conducting internet polls that are likely to hurt others is also termed as cyber bullying.

According to some surveys, around 33% youngsters of today have fallen prey to cyber bullying. Surveys have sited chat rooms as the most common platforms for online bullying activities. Instant messaging services and emails are also found to be the means of bullying.

Statistics show that cyber bullying activities can have devastating effects on the individuals victimized by them. Not all the victims admit to have fallen prey to online bullying. Very few of the offended people accept to have been bullied. Those offended by abusive language or insult over the web, suffer from depression. They feel deeply hurt and emotionally devastated. Those unable to combat the online abuse even resort to suicide.

As a precaution against cyber bullying, it is important for parents to keep a check on the browsing habits of children. Parents need to educate their children about online bullying and teach them to protect themselves from such unethical practices. It is extremely important for parents to watch out for the changes in the behaviour of their children. If children seem to withdraw themselves from society and show an unreasoned negative behaviour, there are chances that cyber bullying has victimized them. It is advisable to take immediate action in such cases.

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