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Disney Stars Spread Awareness against Cyberbullying

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Renown of Disney star status could help star kids any little to escape the sting of cyberbullying. Then, how could other kids avoid the severe offense of cyberbullies and online attackers? That’s why famous Disney stars like Billy Unger, Bella Thorne, Bridgit Mendler walked up to share IRL (in real life) experiences and spoke at a campaign launched by Disney to spread awareness on ghastly cyber attacks on kids. The campaign is initiated by Disney XD, Disney Channel, Disney.com on Thursday to inform kids and encourage parents about ubiquitous vice of cyberbullying.

The campaign brought junior Disney stars like Billy Unger, Bridgit Mendler, Bella Thorne whom our kids watch and love in various shows and idolize as well. The stars advise and encourage reduce bullying activities that often take place on the playground and over the Internet. The campaign also endeavors and focuses on advising parents on how they should teach their kids to use cell phones and Smartphone, teach etiquettes of using social networking sites and how to be cautious while using gaming websites.

Learn from Disney stars’ IRL experiences

Among three Disney stars, Billy Unger is the 16 year old star to celebrity in the super popular bionic teen in the series ‘Lab Rats’. He walked up to share his own experience of being bullied in his elementary school days when he was scoffed as offensive nicknames such as ‘small fry’ or ‘shortie’. He suggested kids to report the incident to the teacher as he did the same and the teacher discussed the issue with his parents. However, it was his one casting agent who helped him toss his emotional hurt by saying that his short height helped him in his entry to entertainment industry. “So from that point on, when people called me small fry or shortie I was like, ‘yeah, you’re right and I am proud of it,” he claimed.

Tips on avoiding and dealing in cyberbullying

Other people and associations involved in this Disney campaign for spreading of bullying were Common Sense Media (a non-profit group and website guiding on kid-friendly online content) and other junior stars like Zendaya (starring in ‘Shake It Up’), China Anne McClain (starring in ‘A.N.T. Farm’), and Debby Ryan of ‘Jessie’. Disney chose these kids celebrities considering their significant impact on kids. These Disney celebrities spoke with real instances from their own life “this happened to me” to advocate importance of being a good ‘netizen’ as to mitigate bullying on digital media and in school, playground, neighborhood etc. Parents and kids can check out further information, tips, and preventive measures by visiting www.Disney.com/commonsense. You can also read further tips on checking out kid safe websites, content using Common Sense Media, tips to avoid cyberbullying and how to protect and keep them from a safe distance from potential threat of cyberbullying.

By Bidisha


Bidisha wanted to buy a new cell phone and her thorough research for gadgets revealed her passion for technology. Gradually, she found her drawn to everything related to technology and her work which involves extensive research and writing on new gadgets, apps, and smarter use of technology. Careful, her mission is to manipulate technology-naïve women to juice up their ordinary lives with use of technology.

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