Take a bite out of cyber crime?

http://www.mcgruff.org is a cite for bullying in general. It is mostly on face to face bullying and also touches on cyber bullying. It is a site for kids and has games, downloads, and an easy to maneuver site. The games are not extensive, actually there are only eight, but they have an easy to interpret message which could be used for younger children. There is one video, but it is about girls and ballet so it is not very appealing to boys. There are posters and cartoons that can be read and printed out in the download section and that seems the most applicable to teachers and parents because they can used it as a resource for things to do with their kids and the posters are kid friendly in content and presentation. There is only one section on cyber bullying which is tucked away in the advice section. The advice section is large, compared to all the other sections, but focuses on face to face bullying. Not that the face to face bullying tips can't be applied to cyber bullying, but it is a bit of a stretch for elementary kids to make that connection.

I like the cite for it's kid friendly look, but it is only really good for face to face bullying. Cyber bullying looks like a second thought on this site. There are some good teacher/ parent resources, but I'm not entirely sure that kids would look at that section of advice and downloadables and really use them. Maybe if they update the site and make some better games, it will be a really great site for kids to go to and learn. Maybe they will get more on cyber bullying some day.