DISCIPLINE: CYBERBULLYING
BY
ERICA D. KENDALL
A SEMINAR PAPER submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the
Department of Counseling
Bowie State University
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Audrey A. Lucas Brown, Ph.D. Date
Seminar Advisor
Discipline: Cyberbullying
The aim of this paper touch on what is cyberbullying, why does it occur, and what can be done to
prevent it. Baltimore City Public Schools has a high rate of cyberbullying due to the students are
not respecting each other or even the staff. The schools have a 96% rate of cyberbullying
occurring just within this city. There are many ways that the school administrators and faculty
can help prevent cyber and face-to-face bullying that occurs within the school. Starting with
prevention programs and educating the parents and communities about cyberbullying and the
consequences. Cyber and face-to-face bullying are the main leading problems children face
today within elementary and middle school. The causes of bullying someone can vary from
different reasons such as: seeking revenge, blaming others, being bored, caving under peer
pressure, thinking it is cool because everyone else is doing it, being power hungry, believing that
they will not get caught, and lack of empathy. There are different social media sites that are now
