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Fri 11 Nov 2009Bullying shifts from texts to websites
MANY CHILDREN do not tell parents they are victims of cyber-bullying because they don’t think adults can help, the Psychological Society of Ireland’s annual conference in Wexford heard last night.
Dr Irene Connolly of Dún Laoghaire IADT said Canadian research had found that 48.9 per cent of children did not tell adults about online bullying. When questioned about it, many children said there was no point because the adults would not be able to stop it.
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