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        April 8, 2008

(CNN Student News) -- April 8, 2008 Tween Angels - See how some young people are raising awareness about cyber-bullying. Tween Angels LLOYD: We want to talk about an issue that's probably affected all of us at some point: bullying. It's been around for hundreds, probably even thousands of years, but these days, it's gone high-tech. It's called cyber-bullying, and it can be a serious problem. Veronica De La Cruz talked with a group of young people who are working to raise awareness about the issue. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RYAN: I want to make a difference to make the Internet a lot safer for younger kids. VERONICA DE LA CRUZ, CNN REPORTER: 12-year-old Ryan is a cyber crime fighter. He is one of about 100 children around the country belonging to a group called Tween Angels. Their mission: to teach other children about Web safety. PARRY AFTAB, EXEC. DIR., WIREDSAFETY.ORG: These kids are connected, and they're connected all the time. And they're connected at earlier and earlier ages. DE LA CRUZ: Parry Aftab is the creator of the Tween Angels program, something which grew out of her original program, Teen Angels, for teenagers. I recently sat down with the kids from her Ridgewood, New Jersey, chapter. DE LA CRUZ: What do you tell your friends when you go into schools? RYAN: You teach them about stop, block and tell. ROBERT: Stop what you're doing, block the person and tell a parent or guardian. DE LA CRUZ: Show me? TWEEN ANGELS: Stop, block and tell. DE LA CRUZ: What else can a person do? MELISSA: Take five. REBECCA: It's like, so that you don't respond back and become a cyber bully yourself. DE LA CRUZ: Almost all of you are wearing a Megan t-shirt. What does the t-shirt mean? TWEEN ANGEL: You're honoring the pledge, the Megan Pledge. DE LA CRUZ: They're talking about 13-year-old Megan Meier, who took her own life in 2006 after being cyber-bullied. In addition to informing kids about Megan's tragic story, the Tween Angels have created skits and cartoons. And there's an educational Web site. These kids say the reason they decided to get involved is simple. MICHAEL: Cause you know that you're helping other people get, be protected. It's a pretty good feeling. DE LA CRUZ: Tween Angels founder Parry Aftab says cyber-bullying is one of the greatest problems facing younger Web users. She says out of the more than 45,000 students that she's polled, 97 percent of them say the've been cyber-bullied. And of that 97 percent, only 5 percent have told their parents. Veronica De La Cruz, CNN, New York. (END VIDEO CLIP)

 

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