Mobile phones have become the new weapon of choice for bullies.
With three-quarters of children now owning a mobile phone, the
anonymity, sluggishness of telecommunications service providers,
and the weakness of law provide bullies with the perfect means
of taunting their target with little fear of being caught. Text
messages provide complete anonymity. Many pay-as-you-go mobile
phones can be bought over the counter and do not require proof
of identity, nor is any record kept of the new owner. Calls made
from these types of mobile phone are virtually untraceable. What
can you do? NEVER ignore threats, either verbal or by phone or
via text message. But don't respond in the way the bully wants
you to. When people advise you to "just ignore it", what they
really mean is "do not respond to the taunts and provocation or
engage the bullies, but take careful note of what is being done
to you, who is doing it and how, and log all of this in a diary,
then immediately get your parents involved and develop a
strategy fo