how do we protect our children from cyber bullying and predation???

I don't think you can really protect a bully from your child or children for you can not stop the bully yourself. Best you can do is teach your child or children to not take what people say on the internet to heart. $-MrDollars-$

They should be told that they should not entertain strangers. That would make them safe. also. they should allow you to meet their friends just the way I did with my parents.

Parents must know what sites their children are going to, who they are talking to online. They must have tabs on what their children are doing at all times. And I think they should have axcess to all passwords that they have on sites like Facebook or Myspace, or any blogs that they are using. My grand daughter was on FB and listed her home phone numbers and address on the site. It said what is your number she put it in, with in hours she had MEN calling the house and using some really bad language. Soon as we found it, we made her change it, but we now keep tabs on what she is doing online. Or the time she listed she was 20 years old. If that didn't bring down the perverts. So unless you know what is happening when your children are online you can not protect them from the horrible people that are out there to harm them. you must also make it plain to them that they are not to arrange to meet strangers, no matter how long they have been talking to them. And why this is. that if anyone makes remarks that are not approiate to them that they should come tell you. The computer should be some place in the house that you can see the screen anytime you look at it. Not up in a bedroom where you dont' know what is happening. Small children tend to beleive what other say. Or tend to give out information if ask.

Just talking to your kids about cyber bullying and online predators, keeping tabs on what they do online, and just staying informed about what is out there and what other kids are doing online. When I was younger, I was bullied online quite often. Being a big kid can be tough on you, but I accepted the fact that I am big and I started to not mind as much. I knew that it was just another person who Arguing with an internet bully can make whatever situation worse. If you think that your child is being bullied, you can see a change in mood, grades, or activities, just like being bullied at school. I felt like I couldn't talk to anyone about being bullied online because I felt as if I was the only one being targeted by the bully. I don't think that cyber bulling ever stops, whatever age you are at. You just have to accept the fact that some people feel as if they can do whatever they want online without consequences; I just ignore them now. As for online predators, watching what your children post online, such as their school, where you live, etc.