In a Nov. 12 article on the Huffington Post, Lesli Rotenburg (Senior Vice President of Children's Media at PBS) called for additional efforts to educate young children about the dangers of cyberbullying:
We need to teach young children what it means to be a good digital citizen and how to deal with cyber-bullying before they become even more immersed in digital media as tweens and teens.
The elementary school years are the time when kids begin to recognize how they contribute to the world around them -- understanding their larger community and learning to make sense of what they and others contribute to it.
These are the developmental milestones that lay the groundwork for how children interact with others -- in both physical and virtual spaces -- which is why early education is critical for helping them learn how to explore the online world safely and respectfully
Cyberbullying is an unfortunate reality for thousands of U.S. students, and digital harassment is a popular form of peer abuse among female students.
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