Cyber bullying and Social Interaction with Technology How to Talk to Your Child

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Cyber bullying and Social Interaction with
Technology How to Talk to Your Child

• Tuesday, November 10
• Marquette University
• Restorative Justice Initiative Conference
• 1245-145pm

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Introduction and Welcome

• Paul Kaye,
• School Resource Officer,
• New Berlin Eisenhower MS HS
• Melissa Thompson,
• Principal,
• Waukesha West High School
• Mary Jane Whitty
• Guidance Counselor,
• New Berlin Eisenhower HS

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Statistics you should know

• MySpace recently cancelled 90,000 accounts
• Facebook users are often imposters- how can a
  Class of 2009 for a school with a class of 350
  have more than 420 members?
• One in 5 youth received a sexual approach or
  solicitation over the Internet in the past year.
• More than 25 of kids recently polled had sent or
  received a pornographic picture via cell phone or
  an email account.
• 71 of teens reported receiving messages online
  from someone they dont know
• 45 have been asked for personal information by
  someone they dont know
• College admissions counselors AND employers
  search for kids on social networking sites

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Sexual Solicitations Online

• 1 in 5 regular internet users have received a
  sexual solicitation
• 2006 1 in 7
• 97 of the solicitors were met online
• 2006 86 were met online
• 66 of victims of solicitations are female
• 65 occurred in Chat Rooms
• 92 on a home computer

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Purpose of our presentation

• Discuss elements of cyber bullying and social
  interaction to promote understanding
• Identify common emotions, circumstances and after
  effects when cyber bullying happens or social
  interaction with technology goes amiss
• Keep kids from being victims, suspects, and
  defendants

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Cyber bullying

• Definition
• Examples
• Where it takes place

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Trends in Child Exploitation

• Peer to peer sources
• Napster
• BearShare
• Morpheous
• Kazaa
• Technology
• X Box 360
• One on one voice chat
• Matchmaking features
• Enhanced friends list
• Web Cameras
• Camera phones

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Trends in Child Exploitation

• Social Networking Sites
• Myspace.com
• Facebook.com
• Friendster.com
• Xanga.com
• Livejournal.com
• Friendsfusion.com
• Prisonpenpals.com

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Prevention and Investigation

• Family
• Computer placement, filters, monitoring software
• Discussion and ground rules
• Relationship as parent, not friend
• School
• Strong, trusting relationships with adults
• Process defined for conducting investigation(s)
• Accessible by parents and students
• Community
• SRO
• Cybercrimes or other similar unit

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Trust BUT VERIFY

• Search your childs cell phone/computer
• No law gives your minor child a privacy right
  relative to you
• Set clear expectations, so it feels fair
• Myths
• None of this could happen to my child
• This only happens to the bad kids

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Response and Recovery
Ms. Mary Jane Whitty