{"id":1804,"date":"2020-10-25T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timothydimoff.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2020-10-25T16:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T20:44:05","slug":"beware-new-trend-cyberbullying-roasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timothydimoff.com\/2020\/10\/25\/beware-new-trend-cyberbullying-roasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of a New Trend in Cyberbullying: Roasting"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most adults are familiar with the entertainment version of the word \u201croasting.\u201d Roasts are traditionally intended as lighthearted dinners where various guests take turns \u201croasting\u201d a guest of honor with good-natured jokes at that person\u2019s expense. The key here is the phrase \u201cgood-natured.\u201d As we\u2019ve all witnessed, it can get awkward and downright uncomfortable. A roast that turns from lighthearted to vicious is becoming all too common. Guess who\u2019s catching onto it? Your teenagers.<\/p>\n
It all started with the hashtag #roastme. Teenagers would post a picture or video on a social media channel (i.e., Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, or a group text) of themselves with that hashtag. Like a traditional \u201croast,\u201d they gave people consent to make funny comments about what they posted. However, like most things exposed online, the opportunity to post malicious, hurtful comments have gone unchecked and spiraled out of control.<\/p>\n
This is such a dangerous trend that teenagers are often too young to understand the unimaginable repercussions.<\/p>\n
What can you do as parents to protect your adolescents? Have access to their social channels and monitor them from time to time. If #ROASTME or #ROASTING appears, sit down with your child and talk to them about it immediately. What is funny and lighthearted to them may be the shove that pushes a classmate over the edge to self-hatred or even suicide.<\/p>\n
For more information about ways to stop cyberbullying, visit ConnectSafely<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tim Dimoff\u2019s engaging and thought-provoking presentations<\/a> are sure to enlighten, inform, and move you into taking action on such critical issues as workplace risks, substance abuse, security, and societal threats. Feel free to contact<\/a> Tim today to speak at your organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most adults are familiar with the entertainment version of the word \u201croasting.\u201d Roasts are traditionally intended as lighthearted dinners where various guests take turns \u201croasting\u201d a guest of honor with good-natured jokes at that person\u2019s expense. The key here is the phrase \u201cgood-natured.\u201d As we\u2019ve all witnessed, it can get awkward and downright uncomfortable. A roast that turns from lighthearted to vicious is becoming all too common. Guess who\u2019s catching onto it? Your teenagers. Too Young to Roast It all started with the hashtag #roastme. Teenagers would post a picture or video on a social media channel (i.e., Instagram, YouTube,<\/p>\nTimothy Dimoff – Speaker, National Expert, Author<\/strong><\/h2>\n