SINGAPORE — Having distanced herself from a close female friend after a falling out, Ms Erin Seah, then 15, thought that she could move on. Then one night, her phone buzzed — a mutual friend sent a slew of screenshots from an Instagram post where she was called, among other things, attention-seeking and dumb.
SINGAPORE — Having distanced herself from a close female friend after a falling out, Ms Erin Seah, then 15, thought that she could move on.
What started the torrent of online abuse? It was over the same mutual friend that had sent her the screenshots — Ms Seah had rejected his feelings, and her bully took it personally. “I’m still struggling to figure out who I am, beyond the people-pleasing to avoid being bullied again.”A study released last month by the Pew Research Center found that nearly half of teens aged 13 to 17 in the United States have experienced cyberbullying.
For Ms Seah, she also did not do anything about the cyberbullying — until her mother found out about it. Her mother went to the school to make a complaint but was stopped from making a police report by Ms Seah and her teachers. However, the bullying — both online and in the real world — continued and it only ended when Ms Seah completed secondary school about a year later.
“With many children being online and their network of friends being replicated online, the peer dynamics will also filter from offline to online naturally,” she said. "Given the increased use of digital devices today, there is greater emphasis on cyberwellness in the CCE curriculum, where students learn to be discerning, safe, and responsible users of technology,” said MOE.
When schools receive a report of cyberbullying, trained staff will “promptly investigate the allegations and provide counselling support where needed”, the ministry said. Reading those remarks again made him flinch. “It may have been more than 10 years, but it was a traumatic experience,” said Mr Ong,
Other victims told TODAY that they feared telling their parents about the cyberbullying as they did not want their mobile devices confiscated. Some who eventually did added that their parents told them to simply turn off their devices, and the lack of action made the youngsters feel more helpless. After her mother learnt from Amanda about what happened, she called one of the bullies directly to scold her.
The cyberbullying problem extends beyond a youngster’s known circle, with SMU’s Prof Lim noting that different online platforms may bring a child into contact with anonymous tormentors Victims may end up grappling with loneliness and poor social relationships, as well as having difficulties concentrating in class, lowered self-esteem and depression, said Ms Ann Hui Peng, group lead of children development and director of student service at Singapore Children’s Society.
A Google survey of 500 Singaporean parents with children between the ages of five and 17 last September found that three in 10 parents did not feel that their child is well-informed about online safety issues. “Parents have to give their children the tools and the thinking skills to know what to do when a cyberbullying scenario occurs. Because the parent will often never be in the room when it occurs, so children should be able to say, ‘Okay, I am empowered, and I know what to do.’”
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