What can I do now to stop textbullying?
What if I’m still getting text bullied?
Who can I talk to about text bullying?
Beat text bullies – keep a record!
Don’t delete any nasty messages, however bad they make you feel. It’ll really help if you keep every text, email, chat message, picture message, etc. Most bullies won’t expect you to!
- Texts and picture messages: Store them in your phone if you can.
- Emails: Set up a special folder and put them straight in it – you don’t even need to read them.
- Online chat/instant messaging: Copy the part of the conversation you want to keep into a Word document, and note the date and time it happened. Some IM services let you automatically save chats – click onto ‘Help’ or ‘Tools’ to find out how or get an adult to help you.
If you can’t save messages –your phone might only store a few – then write down the date and time of each message, what it says, and (if you can) the sender’s number, caller ID, email, chat ID, etc. Our Stop text bullying diary makes it easy!
Download: Bullying diary
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