Cyberbullying can happen 24/7 on any platform or connected device. To help encourage other parents to talk to their children about cyberbullying, Natalie shares how she helped her son deal with cyberbullying while he was gaming.
Conner had just turned 11 when he first experienced the unpleasant side of the Internet.
“For about two years, Conner had been playing X-Box Live without any problems, and he’d recently set up a YouTube channel,” explains Conner’s Mum, Natalie.
Being involved in their digital lives
Natalie had carefully talked with Conner about staying safe online. “We had discussed online safety at length, and had some ground rules like always keeping messages so I could read them, never accepting contact requests or reply to messages from people he didn’t know.”
Having regular conversations
During these conversations, Natalie had also spoken about online bullying, encouraging Conner to tell them if…
