Monitor Kids' Cell Phones for Cyber Bullying

Do you monitor your kids’ cell phone when they come home mad or upset?  This would be a good habit to get into because kids can send out mean texts that may be looked upon as cyber bullying.

A parent that monitors kid’s cell phone can help stop the inappropriate texts from other so that it does not evolve into cyber bullying. We have all gotten in an argument or two in our life, to say the least, so we know it takes some time to cool off. When your kids come home from school or from a friend’s house after an argument, kids need to know not to start texting that friend or another friend just to talk trash about the first friend.

If you do not monitor your kid’s cell phone, then talking to your kid about cell phone etiquette is a must. We all know when we get into an argument the first thing out of our mouths may not be the kindest.  The same thing applies to sending a text message to a friend when you just got into a fight - you may not text the nicest remarks. 

Before this happens, parents need to talk to their children about cell phone etiquette and talk o them about how their actions could be perceived as cyber bullying. 

Teach your kids to refrain from texting a friend when they're in a fight or are angry with one another.  As we all should do, wait until you have calmed down, and then encourage your child to work things out in person or over the phone not through a text message.

As a parent, have you talked to your kid about cell phone etiquette?