Children ‘too embarrassed’ to tell parents about abusive texts

Just one in 10 children tell their parents they have received threatening or abusive text messages.

Irish anti-bullying service Bully4u found that most of the 500 12- to 16-year-olds it surveyed recently were too embarrassed to tell their parents.

Bully4u director Jim Harding said some children confided in their peers, while others were too afraid to tell anyone.