about cyberbullying which i'm not going to do to you. kids and parents having a more tough time worrying about it. it's a big deal. >> trying to stop bullying can be like a disease and new technology is helping to prevent the spread of the hurtful behavior. abc's megan hughes has the story. >> reporter: at shipley elementary school in harper's ferry, west virginia, these third graders already have stories about being cyberbullied. >> i was kind of sad because he was calling me stupid. i was a little like depressed after that. >> you want to bully back but you know it's not the right

>> reporter: high school senior and teen pageant winner lexie helps student resist that urge. >> step one. >> say nothing else. >> step two. >> don't retaliate. >> experts say children bullied often become bullies themselves. lexie has been a target. >> people who cyberbully anonymously are cowards and that's all they are. >> some do it for power, some think it's funny. >> dr. susan bartell says children are still developing impulse control and their parents need to get involved. >> your child who is the bully, even if they're doing did for childhood reasons that later in life will be meaningless can have a police record. >> what if your child is the cyberbully? one study found more than 80% of young people think it's easier to get away with bullying online than in person like at school. >> i wanted to create this filter system that would monitor so parents would feel a little relief knowing and trusting that their kid could use these social media platforms and text messages. >> reporter: michele joel shows us one of several tech solutions for parents. her software my social sitter uses algorithms to filter. when a teen types a negative message, it gets blocked. parents get notified. >> if you love your kids, keep up with the technology. >> diana gibson hasn't gotten supervising software yet but says all parents need to police their children's cyberlives. >> it's real. you know, kids will put things

>> reporter: megan hughes, abc news, harper's ferry, west virginia. >> this is why i'm grateful there was no social media when i was in high school. it's so devastating when you're at that age specially. >> coming up, firing up the new year. >> the breathtaking light show in china and its dedicated artist braving the cold and the heat. the beautiful and risky display. you're watching "world news now." you're watching "world news

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[ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: how long does it take you to learn how to do that? >> reporter: first they melt the metal at 2900 degree heat. >> the warmest place in the entire show. during the performance, the men are only protected by a sheep skin vest and a wide brim hat. >> do you feel it's dangerous for him to just throw this burning metal up in the sky like that?

>> reporter: that fire and the centuries old tradition still illuminate the entire town. >> is this the most beautiful kind of fireworks in the world? >> reporter: i'm bob woodruff in china. incredible. huh? only bob could sort of describe it that way and show it to us. >> it's an art, it's unique and it is the most beautiful fireworks out there. >> it's incredible and fascinating they do this. by the way, it's the year of the monkey. if you were born in 2000, 1962 or 168, happy year of the monkey.1968, happy year of the monkey. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses.8, happy year of the monkey. the rest is up to you. so if 65 is around the corner, think about an

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after his epic fail at the miss universe pageant, the phrase "you're hired" must be music to steve harvey's ears. so when he popped up during that super bowl ad, you saw it, it was nice to see that he made it out of the scandal and to the other side. >> not only that, he's now having fun with the flub proving it's not whether you win or lose. well, okay, apparently that does matter. >> reporter: leave it to steve harvey. >> listen, folks, i have to an pol jazz. >> reporter: to turn a big blunder. >> i have to apologize miss universe 2015 is philippines. >> reporter: into big laughs.

yes, not me. >> reporter: the t-mobile super bowl add poking fun at his december hosting mishap when he announced wrong winner at the miss universe panel gent. >> it was a tough thing that happened but after awhile you got to start smiling about this. i liked te mobile and love the concept. nice little big at myself. >> reporter: we were right there going behind the scenes with the comedian he shot his big ad for the big game. >> whoa, whoa, listen, folks, i have to apologize. those were last year's numbers it says it right here on the card. i'm not taking responsibility on this one. huh-uh, verizon got it wrong, yes, not me. >> reporter: after all the controversy, harvey now says he's finally able to laugh at it. >> when something major happens that's kind of negative in your life, you got to ride the storm

whoever thought that this mishap with miss universe would turn into a super bowl commercial. >> yes, not me. >> a super bowl windfall is more like it. man, he's just rolling in the deep right now. >> i'm a huge fan of steve's. i think he's so funny. >> he's a good guy. >> he turned lemons into lemonade. >> yes, did he. >> he was really hurt by it though but he recovered.

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