Bullying has always been a problem in schools, but now children are suffering from it out of school hours in the form of cyberbullying. Cyberbullies use the internet or mobile phones to bully other children, and with the rise of social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace the problem is only getting worse.

One of the main problems is that many children are able to go on the internet in their home unsupervised by their parents. Also, many parents are allowing their children to have mobile phones at much younger ages.
Cyberbullying is becoming a big problem, and both schools and parents need to do more to stop this.

If you are a child that is worried about cyberbullying or you are worried about your child suffering from this then there are steps that you can take to help things:

• Don’t give out details such as your email address or phone number online
• If you are being bullied, keep the evidence so that the culprit can be caught
• Regularly check your friends list to make sure that you only have the people you want on there
• Most important of all, if you are being bullied it is important that you let someone you trust know. This could be your parents, a brother or sister, or a teacher at school. Once they know about the problem they will be able to do something about it.