Since then, school officials and parents have become alarmed about this growing problem (Shah, 2011a). Cyberbullying tends to follow the same patterns as traditional forms of bullying; students who are bullies and victims on the playground play similar roles in cyberspace (Raskauskas & Stoltz, 2007). I think if you want your kids to be safe online, teach them and their friends to report cyberbullying. It is sad that many students have lost their lives due to bullying. It seems the students are meaner than when I was in school. Everyone is bullied in one way or another. Whether it's a parent, older sibling, other children, etc., everyone is a victim of bullying. That's life. Does it suck? Yes. Will this change? No. No matter how you educate people, some people are just bullies. So why be naive and act like bullying will go away, when in reality, it will never go away. Teach your children not to value the negativity people say about them. Teach your children to defend themselves. Teach your children to defend themselves. Don't teach them to be a victim. Cyberbullying is difficult to measure, but an informal survey found that nearly half of middle school students surveyed had experienced some form of cyberbullying (Hoffman, 2010). Given the popularity of Internet use among adolescents (most adolescents use it daily), cyberbullying will likely remain an ongoing problem (Davis, 2011). Attempts to prevent bullying often focus on helping students understand the consequences of their negative behaviors and teaching them alternative prosocial solutions.