Children as young as nine are seeking help with suicidal thoughts because they are targets of cyberbullying, a national charity has revealed.
The Prevention of Young Suicide charity PAPYRUS mainly takes calls from its helpline from 11- to 18-year-olds, 40% of whom speak about the effects of cyberbullying with the dominating theme that there “is no escape” from it.
But HOPELineUK is also contacted by younger children, and those aged up to 25, which means it’s an issue parents need to be aware of before their kids start secondary school.
In response to the findings, the charity has launched a hard-hitting video titled #BedtimeStories, showing the harsh comments children experience online.
They hope to highlight the fact that children tend to read such comments at night, and they keep them up because they are alone with no one around to tell them to ignore them.
