‘Today’s parents didn’t have to deal with the internet’: Cyberbullying talk needed at home
Carol Todd holds a photograph of her late daughter Amanda Todd signed by U.S. singer Demi Lovato with the words ‘Stay Strong.’ Conversations are needed to keep kids safe while helping them navigate the complexities of the digital landscape and one B.C. mom is using her own experiences to prevent other youth from becoming victims of cyberbullying.
“I just want people to understand that it can happen to anybody’s kid. I never thought that Amanda would be bullied enough and exploited and have a predator that’s from another country.” But her biggest anti-bullying tool is having direct conversations, whether that be through role-playing different scenarios or discussing privacy settings on various apps. “You can’t effect change without conversation,” she said.
“The challenge is that today’s parents didn’t have to deal with the internet. This generation is the first generation that is being given the responsibility of parenting their kids online, and a result of that is there is a need for parents to educate themselves.” “I’m not a big fan of that because it puts too much confidence in that app … it has to be real human kind of stuff that keeps our kids safe – conversations, talking about devices, talking to your kids about social and emotional wellness in the digital world. All those things take conversation and time,” Todd noted.
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