Lido tutor teach the children and teenagers in their classes that how they can keep themselves safe when they are online and using the internet.
Remember, people are not always the people they introduce themselves. Predators may pretend to be children or teenagers and talk to children online. They may use false profile pictures and add other profile details to appear more convincing.
Never arrange to meet with someone you know online. The predator may try to arrange a face-to-face meeting with the child or teenager. Even if this person looks kind, it is dangerous.
If you encounter problems, please inform your parents or trusted adults. If someone makes you feel uncomfortable online, you should tell your parents or a trusted adult immediately. You should also save any emails or other communications as they may be needed as evidence.
Whom you can contact if there’s some problem
If you think that you are being touched by an online child predator, please seek help from the following resources immediately:
Local police: If you are in immediate danger, you should call the police or you can ask your parents to do so. Otherwise, you can call the local police non-emergency number to report the problem.
CyberTipline (Internet Skills Hotline): Please visit www.cybertipline.com of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to report crimes against children, including online seducing children to engage in Inappropriate stuff acts, sending to children obscene material and child irrelevant content.
Cyber bullying and cyber harassment
Lido classes also discuss about the cyber bullying and cyber security with the children.
Cyber bullying
The cyber bully may be the same age as the victim, or may be slightly older. If the perpetrator is an adult, it is usually called cyber stalking or cyber harassment.
Cyber bullying is also considered to be as harmful as other kinds of bullying, and in some ways it can actually be worse. If children think that cyber bullying and other types of bullying is only limited to the school playground then they are wrong because cyber bullying can happen any time when children are online or even if they are at home.
Examples of cyber bullying
Cyber bullying can take many forms. Some of the examples that are given below can also come under cyber bullying.
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Write things that hurt people through instant messages, text messages, or online games
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Post derogatory messages on social networking sites
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Post or share embarrassing photos or videos
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Falsify personal information to humiliate someone
Responding to cyber bullying
lidolearning.com teaches your children how to deal with cyber bullying. If your child is facing cyber bullying issues, we tell children to follow the given guidelines.
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Block bullies in Microsoft Messenger
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Don't respond to bullies. Bullies usually want to get a reaction from the victim. If you ignore them, they may lose interest at this point.
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If possible, block messages from the bully.
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Keep all emails and other messages sent by the bully. You may need to use these as evidence at some point.
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Report bullying to parents or trusted adults.
