Cyberbullying: Keeping Your Child Safe From Online Bullies

By Mark Kirkpatrick

It’s hard to overstate just how much children like technology. In fact, there might not be anything in history that’s drawn them in so powerfully. Unfortunately, technology isn’t without its dangers, and high up the list is cyberbullying.

What is Cyberbullying?

As the name suggests, cyberbullying is bullying that takes place online. In many cases, bullies are actually doing it more than playground bullying because it offers a degree of anonymity. Bullies are fundamentally cowards - they enjoy shows of dominance over others, but they don’t like doing it where they could get caught.

White Dad With African American Daughter Slams N-Word Bullies, But She Uses It Too

Brad Knudson posted a video to YouTube on Monday Jan 19, which quickly went viral and now has over 1 million views. In it, he defends his 14-year-old adopted African American daughter against twin bullies who had called her the N-word. The bullying had happened on New Year's Eve and after the parents of the twins waved aside what happened, the enraged dad decided to bring it online to campaign against bullying.

'I love my daughter and I don't want her to end up committing suicide because of freaking morons. I can't have this hanging over us and my daughter thinking the worst.'

Toke Makinwa In The News Again - You can Either Love Her Or You Hate Her

Around this time last year, Toke Makinwa was the subject of a post on cyber-bullying - read here - which concerned Linda Ikeji always making Toke the topic of snide blog posts. Then it was about Toke's relationship and whether it was still on or not. Few weeks after that, Toke secretly got married and will be celebrating her anniversary in a few days.

Again, while Toke was having some nice time out with hubby Maje Ayida, some columnists, now in newspapers have made Toke their focus again. From what I have read in their respective posts, Toke is one of those people you can either love or hate, and for a lot of people, there seems to be no in-between.

Transgender Model Bashes Kendall Jenner in Open Letter

Kendall Jenner was recently listed among the top 50 models by Models.com after having a very busy year that involved walking the runway for exclusive fashion houses during fashion week all over the world. She has also been featured on the cover of several high fashion magazines such as Vogue, and other lifestyle magazines. She was also recently named the face of Estee Lauder.

However, it's no secret that a lot of her fellow models have no love for her and according to transgender model Arisce Wanzer, it is because Kendall Jenner hasn’t had to work hard for her modelling fame nor did she go through the hurdles other models have had to face.

Political Aide Elizabeth Lauten Resigns After Insulting Sasha & Malia Obama

Elizabeth Lauten was trending over the weekend for insulting and some say, bullying comments she made about Malia and Sasha Obama after the two teenage first daughters stepped out with their dad, President Obama for the turkey pardon on Thanksgiving day.

Now, the communications director for Republican senator, Stephen Fincher has resigned her job. Lauten wrote a Facebook post criticizing the clothes Malia and Sasha Obama wore on the day as well as their behavior in the televised ceremony.

Monica Lewinsky Joins Twitter, Calls Herself The First Victim of Cyberbullying

Monica Lewinsky has now made a full return to the public eye after shying away from the spotlight since the backlash from her notorious affair with former US President Bill Clinton.

She joined Twitter yesterday as @MonicaLewinsky, posting a single hashtag: #HereWeGo,

Natalia Kills Blames Nicki Minaj's Anaconda Song For Bullying Skinny Women

Singer Natalia Kills is publicly speaking out against the bulling of skinny or as she put it, "small framed" women. While she doesn’t name-check Nicki Minaj, she talks about a popular song out there that offensively refers to ‘skinny bitches’.

Nicki Minaj raps in Anaconda, “f*ck those skinny b*tches, f*ck those skinny b*tches in the club.”

Natalia Kills posted on Twitter;

I just heard a sad and degrading song that I can't quite figure out if it's a public joke or not.

Why are we publicly deemed "skinny BITCHES" if we're naturally smaller than sz 6? Horrified i'm considered a bitch for not being overweight.

Larger framed women need to stop bullying/victimizing girls with small frames, less voluptuous figures as if they're unattractive/anorexic.

Rihanna Joins Cyberbullying of a Teenager Who Copied Her Dress

In what could possibly be a mix-up, Rihanna joined in cyberbullying a teenager who had made a prom dress inspired by Rihanna's stylish jumpsuit to a high profile event. The prom was hollywood themed and sixteen year old Alexis Carter was a big fan of Rihanna, though maybe not anymore.