Family dinners may help kids cope with cyberbullying

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Family dinners may help kids cope with cyberbullying

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) â€" Like victims of face-to-face bullying, kids who experience internet bullying are vulnerable to mental health and substance use problems â€" but spending more time communicating with their parents may help protect them from these harmful consequences, a new study suggests. For example, the researchers found, regular family dinners seemed to help kids cope with online bullying. “In a way, cyberbullying is more insidious because it’s so hard to detect,” said lead author Frank J. Elgar of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University in Montreal.

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