Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is bullying that happens through phones, apps, or online platforms — repeated messages, exclusion, or content meant to hurt or humiliate a child. Because it follows children home, parents benefit most from knowing the warning signs and the official guidance on how to respond, linked below.
Official source: stopbullying.gov →
What separates it from a single unkind message is repetition, and that is also what makes it hard to see from outside: each message can look minor on its own while the pattern does not.
The second difference from offline bullying is that the record persists — the same content can resurface long after the incident is over. What counts as reportable, and to whom, is set by the platform and by local law rather than by the guidance cited here.
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