Don’t ignore it, report it: Teach your kids how to react to hate speech and cyberhate
The internet offers a lot of space for inspiration and quality discussion. Still, you or your kids might at times come across behavior that simply isn’t right, such as cyberhate – an online version of hate speech. In international law, both these forms of offensive behavior are defined as a crime. When your children witness hate speech or cyberhate, or when they fall victim to it, how should they respond? Here’s what the child psychologist Jarmila Tomkova recommends.