Consequences of Cyber Bullying
To those who are bullied…
An obvious consequence of cyber bullying is how it makes the person who is bullied feel. Cyber bullying can make the target feel hurt, embarrassed, helpless, and humiliated.
Sometimes you can’t see the hurt caused by cyber bullying. When someone is beaten up in a physical fight, you can see the scars and bruises on the outside. But with cyber bullying, the target might have emotional scars on the inside. These can hurt just as badly as scars on the outside.
To the bully…
Cyber bullies can face several kinds of consequences.
They can lose the accounts they use to cyber bully. For example, a person who uses a website to post hateful messages about someone else can have their account for that website taken away or blocked.
There can also be consequences at school. Someone who cyber bullies can be kicked off a team, suspended, or have other privileges taken away.
Occasionally, a target of cyber bullying might feel so bad that they want to hurt themselves. If this happens, the cyber bully has to live with the guilt of knowing that they caused this harm to another human being.
An obvious consequence of cyber bullying is how it makes the person who is bullied feel. Cyber bullying can make the target feel hurt, embarrassed, helpless, and humiliated.
Sometimes you can’t see the hurt caused by cyber bullying. When someone is beaten up in a physical fight, you can see the scars and bruises on the outside. But with cyber bullying, the target might have emotional scars on the inside. These can hurt just as badly as scars on the outside.
To the bully…
Cyber bullies can face several kinds of consequences.
They can lose the accounts they use to cyber bully. For example, a person who uses a website to post hateful messages about someone else can have their account for that website taken away or blocked.
There can also be consequences at school. Someone who cyber bullies can be kicked off a team, suspended, or have other privileges taken away.
Occasionally, a target of cyber bullying might feel so bad that they want to hurt themselves. If this happens, the cyber bully has to live with the guilt of knowing that they caused this harm to another human being.
Next you will learn some of the reasons people bully others.
Kick Cyber Bullying was created by Liat Rothfeld. Last modified May 2016.
Portions of the information on this site were taken or modified, with permission, from Common Sense Media.
Portions of the information on this site were taken or modified, with permission, from Common Sense Media.