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Technology

CyberBullying and its relation to Suicide Ideation

Cyberbullying can be defined as a form of bullying in which the predator uses technological devices to target and harm the victims and disturb the victim psychologically, emotionally and behaviorally. There are multiple ways a predator tries to disturb the

Positive Self Help

Creating Safe Workspaces: Addressing Harassment and Bullying

Remember the Karti Chidambaram case of 2018? Chidambaram, son of then Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, was accused of workplace bullying and harassment by his former employee of his company, Sukanya Singh. She claimed that she faced abusive behaviour, and the

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How Can Parents Address the Mental Health Effects of Cyberbullying?

As a parent, you’d want to protect your child from the mean clutches of social and school bullying. However, one thing that slipped your mind is the prevalence of cyberbullying. According to Nemours Children’s Health, this type of bullying is

Awareness Self Help

Unmasking Shadow: The Silent Battle of a Victim of Bullying

Bullying is a pervasive problem that affects individuals across age groups and backgrounds. It reduces individuals to mere objects of manipulation, control, and harm, stripping them of their inherent worth and dignity. It can shatter an individual’s self-concept, creating feelings

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Study: Bullying in Childhood Can Increase Mental Health Issues 3.5x

The Journal Nature Mental Health featured a study examining the link between peer bullying and mental health issues. Researchers at UCLA (University of California-Los Angeles), US and the University of Glasgow, UK used data from 10,000 children in the UK

Awareness

Being Kind Matters: Stopping Bullying and Ragging

Bullying and ragging are significant issues, and in most cases, the victims are children. The purpose of this study is to investigate the traits of bullying and ragging and how they affect early teenage girls. Most people have, at some

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Bullying and violence in schools

On 21st November 2023, a 16-year-old queer make-up artist Pranshu died by suicide as a result of overwhelming cyberbullying due to their gender identity. Cyberbullying is a type of a broader behavioural tendency called bullying.  What is bullying? Bullying refers

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It’s important to stand against Social media bullying

In light of the recent news of a 16-year-old boy who died by suicide, a self-taught makeup artist, it has come to attention that he received many negative comments on his Instagram page. He was a 10th class student from

Awareness Education

Let’s Stand Up against Bullying

Navya*name changed* studies in class VIII, usually, she is a chirpy, happy child who likes to draw and dance. When I noticed her reluctance to attend school regularly and observed a series of absences marked on the attendance register. I

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Teachers’ role in preventing bullying

Bullying is something when someone treats anyone in a very unkind manner. This consists of behavior intended to harm, intimidate, and tries to dominate other people and this behavior can take various forms from verbal to physical. It can happen