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Jessica Hickman with tips for parents on Youth Bullying shared on @cuppaoflifecafe.

Name: Jessica Hickman with tips for parents on Youth Bullying shared on @cuppaoflifecafe.
Uploaded: 2021-08-16T05:20:16+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Jessica Hickman
Description: In this brief interview, Jessica Hickman offers parents practical guidance for addressing cyberbullying involving their teens. She emphasizes the…

16 Aug 2021 · 1 min

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In this brief interview, Jessica Hickman offers parents practical guidance for addressing cyberbullying involving their teens. She emphasizes the importance of building and maintaining trust so that youth feel safe disclosing online incidents, whether they involve non‑consensual sexual images, hateful comments, or compromising photos. Hickman advises parents to avoid overreacting, to check in regularly, and to reassure their children that they will be supported and helped to navigate any online harassment they encounter.

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How can you advise teens to be upstanders, as so often cyberbullying is very targeted to the person and the individual?
My advice to parents always is trust. So really building that trust with your child to let them know no matter what has happened online, whether someone shared, you know, a sexual image of you, which we see all the time, or nasty comments, or taking pictures of you at a party you shouldn't have been at, whatever it is, you can trust us and speak to us. And I think parents Parents need to reiterate that they will not overreact. You need to build that trust with your youth that they can come to you and tell you whatever. And that's my biggest advice to parents, really. And check in with them constantly and tell them that if there's something you've seen online, you must tell us and we will support you the best we can.