Since 2020, the first year of COVID-19, class style has been changing from face-to-face to online classes. With this change, students meet their friends through ZOOM classes rather than in the classroom. And also, the pattern of school violence is changing from physical violence to cyber violence.

Cyberbullying refers to acts of persistently harassing a specific person on the online space, such as KakaoTalk, Facebook, etc.

Cyber school violence are gradually becoming more diverse, but there are limits to actual punishment. In particular, if an online space guarantees anonymity, it is difficult to specify the perpetrators when the violence occurs.

Recently, the time spent at home increased with non-face-to-face classes. For educational stability, parents' attentiveness is also more demanding. Having frequent talks with children and letting

children know that they can talk to an adult in case of cyberbullying would be helpful to deal with it smoothly. Parents should also learn how to report cyberbullying searching for organizations that can help in case of victimization. Not only watching children's online activities with interest but also installing software that filters pornography and violence on a home computer is also recommended.

Furthermore, institutional changes such as strengthening cyber patrols and cyber protection of victims from assailants will be needed.

As it is difficult to prevent and solve the problems directly by the intervention of a third party, parents and teachers should pay more attention. As we are who dream to become teachers, no matter how many students will become ‘belong’ with us, we should be deeply associated with the steps toward eradicating school violence.

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