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A panel of writers consider if, in an era of pornography addiction, e-cigarettes and video game violence, the job of a parent is genuinely tougher than ever

Teachers are increasingly being abused online by their pupils’ parents – with growing numbers forced to endure personal insults, sexual smears and even threats. New research shows that parents – rather than children – are the driving force behind a sharp rise in the number of teachers complaining of being abused on social media.

Bullying is always challenging to deal with as a parent. Add a cyber element into the mix and many are completely flummoxed. A survey conducted by the National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals published recently found that parents are getting worse rather than better when it comes to monitoring children’s online behaviour.

One in ten children between the ages of 12 and 13 are worried that they are "addicted" to watching pornography. One in five members of the same age group think watching explicit content is normal, according to a study by children's charity NSPCC.

Group of 16 schools in Cheshire say allowing children to play games containing unsuitable levels of violence and sexual content is neglectful

In reviewing the daily news stream it is impossible to miss the escalating frequency of incidents coming out of schools all across the country which relate directly to social media, texting, or apps used by kids.

THE social media site Twitter is under renewed pressure to tighten up controls against online trolls as new figures emerged showing it had only pulled two abusive tweets in two years in response to official removal requests from the UK.

It used to be the case that people got their gossip over the garden fence or from a bit of curtain twitching. But now we have the internet and the nature of chat has changed forever.

Hackers broke into a school's Twitter account and posted this cheeky picture of the headteacher's face superimposed on the hunky muscular body of a man in tight briefs.

The ideal app can be just the thing to make a great lesson perfect. Here, educational psychologist and learning apps specialist Peter Maxwell lists five of his favourites.

Summary Report by Northamptonshire Police & Crime Commission - March 2015

Adam Simmonds is Police and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire.

More than a half of parents in the UK would not know if their child was cyberbullied, and that same amount would have absolutely no clue what to do if they found out, a survey shows.

The saddest thing about the internet is the way we have allowed it to become dominated by tedious trolls and online lynch mobs

PRIMARY schools across Fife are being urged to warn pupils about a chat site (Omegle) which is causing “real concern” about children's safety.

Teachers should caution students that engaging in “sexting” and revenge porn could result in a criminal conviction, according to new guidance.

A teacher has been sacked after allegedly texting a girl from his bath: ‘Wish you were here’.

Racist, sexist, and mocking messages sent to children and teenagers - and even some encouraging suicide - have been read out in a new video to highlight the dangers of cyberbullying.

At the end of last year, Twitter began to focus in earnest on upgrading its suite of tools designed to help users dealing with abuse, threats, and other forms of harassment that took place on its service. Today, the company is making yet another change along these same lines – it’s adding a new feature that will make it easier for affected users to report abuse to law enforcement.

Research into cyber bullying has found it frequently leads to depression, binge drinking, theft and violent behaviour.