Self confidence, self esteem and happiness are essential qualities that children and young people need in order to become confident well-balanced, self assured adults and they have a right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, violence and bullying.

Bullying is harmful as it can lead to self doubt, lack of confidence, low self esteem, depression, anxiety, self harm, binge drinking and drug taking.

MumKnowsBest parenting expert, Sue Atkins of Positive Parents, www.positive-parents.com is supporting the News Of The World's Campaign called "Click Bullying Into Touch" and if you would like to get involved you can by simply clicking online and registering.

By signing up you will be showing your support for the following:

A CODE of practice for social networking sites with a flagged system for kids to refer offensive posts. Sites must respond to complaints within six hours and supply copies of offensive posts to authorities. There must be a yellow card system for cyber offenders - with a red card and a ban for persistent offenders.

A SENIOR teacher in every school responsible for anti-bullying policy.

MAIN parties to set out funded anti-bullying measures in manifestos and the government to introduce a Schools Safety Bill and independent regulator for social networking sites.

To show your support simply fill in your name and email address, then click SUBMIT. Don't forget to ask your friends and family to sign up too.

Sign up for the Click Bullying Into Touch petition here