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Swiping, liking, posting videos: Tiktok, Snapchat or Whatsapp are also part of everyday life for the youngest. One in four 8-year-olds already has their own smartphone, compared to more than 70 percent among 13-year-olds. Young people already use the internet for an average of two hours a day during the week and three hours at the weekend.
This also leads to annoying developments: “Frequent media use not only affects the form of social integration, but also ensures that bullying increasingly takes place in the virtual space,” warns the Education Report 2023, published on Tuesday.
In an international comparison, Switzerland has a high percentage of children and young people who are bullied more than once a month. According to the report, experts believe that young people are now victims of cyberbullying about as often as they are victims of physical bullying.
According to studies, a quarter of young people in Switzerland have already been “personally attacked” on the internet, and one in six have experienced abusive photos or text messages sent about them. According to the education report, girls are affected almost twice as often as boys. Up to 5 percent of all children and young people are said to be victims of bullying and cyberbullying at least weekly.
As parents you can’t solve your child’s problem on your own. It is important that you contribute to the child’s self-confidence and self-confidence. View the further development. And intervenes if the situation calls for it or even escalates. Contact the teacher if there is an increase in physical or psychological violence. If necessary also the school management if the teacher is overwhelmed with the class and the victim of bullying is not protected.
Like a child for example, there is advice and help from “Pro Juventute”. Online at www.147.ch. The emergency number for children and young people in Switzerland is 147. Here you can get help 24 hours a day if you have any questions or problems.
As parents you can’t solve your child’s problem on your own. It is important that you contribute to the child’s self-confidence and self-confidence. View the further development. And intervenes if the situation calls for it or even escalates. Contact the teacher if there is an increase in physical or psychological violence. If necessary also the school management if the teacher is overwhelmed with the class and the victim of bullying is not protected.
Like a child for example, there is advice and help from “Pro Juventute”. Online at www.147.ch. The emergency number for children and young people in Switzerland is 147. Here you can get help 24 hours a day if you have any questions or problems.
The case of Céline († 13) showed that hate and hate speech on the internet can have fatal consequences. The girl ended her life in 2020. Before the suicide, she had been threatened and insulted in chats. A 14-year-old repeatedly asked her for erotic photos. He threatened to release other photos she had already sent him.
The juvenile court in Dietikon convicted the perpetrator of coercion and pornographic self-images he had sent.
Celine’s death sparked a debate about social media threats and insults across Switzerland. Since then, Céline’s parents have been campaigning to make cyberbullying a criminal offence. Countries such as Austria already know this paragraph.
Boris W.* (50) was stunned when he heard what his daughter Tara* had to go through at school. She had been silent about the bullying for months.
Many victims keep the incidents to themselves out of shame. How can parents still recognize that their own child has been affected? Profiler Suzanne Grieger-Langer (47) lists four warning signs:
Usually those affected begin to shut themselves down. “They suddenly show less personality, are more reserved and struggle with self-doubt,” says the expert.
Instead of engaging in usual activities, victims spend a lot of time alone. Act dejectedly and taciturnly. “They pretend to have a stomach ache so they don’t have to go to school. Or deliberately miss sports training and meet up with friends less,’ says Grieger-Langer.
In most cases, the victims feel completely exposed to bullying and can no longer defend themselves. Statements such as “I can’t do anything” or “I can’t take it anymore” can therefore indicate bullying.
Especially in the case of cyberbullying, news services and social media become a place of terror for those affected. “They panic when they look at their cell phone screen and still have the urge to do it all the time,” explains the profiler.
She advises parents: “Trust your instincts! Discuss the behavior patterns openly.” It is important to convey a sense of security and never make accusations. If the child is actually in danger, Grieger-Langer recommends, “Defend yourself together.” (ha)
* Names changed
Boris W.* (50) was stunned when he heard what his daughter Tara* had to go through at school. She had been silent about the bullying for months.
Many victims keep the incidents to themselves out of shame. How can parents still recognize that their own child has been affected? Profiler Suzanne Grieger-Langer (47) lists four warning signs:
Usually those affected begin to shut themselves down. “They suddenly show less personality, are more reserved and struggle with self-doubt,” says the expert.
Instead of engaging in usual activities, victims spend a lot of time alone. Act dejectedly and taciturnly. “They pretend to have a stomach ache so they don’t have to go to school. Or deliberately miss sports training and meet up with friends less,’ says Grieger-Langer.
In most cases, the victims feel completely exposed to bullying and can no longer defend themselves. Statements such as “I can’t do anything” or “I can’t take it anymore” can therefore indicate bullying.
Especially in the case of cyberbullying, news services and social media become a place of terror for those affected. “They panic when they look at their cell phone screen and still have the urge to do it all the time,” explains the profiler.
She advises parents: “Trust your instincts! Discuss the behavior patterns openly.” It is important to convey a sense of security and never make accusations. If the child is actually in danger, Grieger-Langer recommends, “Defend yourself together.” (ha)
*Names changed
SP alderman Gabriela Suter (50) wants Switzerland to create such a criminal offense. She is convinced that the current law does not do justice to the digital reality. Acts behind online hate speech, such as defamation, threats or temptation to commit suicide, are punishable by law. But that’s not enough from their point of view.
“In the case of cyberbullying, it’s more of a variety of behaviors and actions that affect the victim as a whole,” says Suter. She therefore called for the new crime of ‘cyberbullying’ in 2020. That would also have a preventive and deterrent effect, says the SP politician. The National Council approved the request last December with a large majority.
“Cyberbullying is so bad because it only takes one image to upload to the internet. It then reaches a huge audience and can hardly be erased,” says Suter. The perpetrators can often remain anonymous online.
Meanwhile, the responsible legal committee in the Council of States does not want a change in the law, as Suter proposes. The Commission complains that the National Council’s proposal would lead to a “significant increase in criminal liability”.
Even the Federal Council does not consider it urgent to adapt the jurisprudence to the Internet era. According to a report commissioned by him, current criminal law adequately protects victims of bullying. In crimes committed on the Internet, criminal liability usually does not fail because the acts do not fall under criminal law, it says. Rather, the problem is that the perpetrators in the virtual space acted largely anonymously. That makes law enforcement more difficult.
But Suter disagrees with the argument: “Although the perpetrators sometimes use the anonymity of the Internet to disguise their identity, they usually come from the victim’s circle of acquaintances,” she says.
This is also the case with Celine. The convicted young man was her ex-boyfriend, who was only 14 at the time of the crime. Now the Council of States is faced with the question of whether the law should be expanded to include an article on cyberbullying.
Source:Blick
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