While many teens and pre-teens think they can manage their lives, parents should recognize that they are still needed to step in to help, even when that help hasn't been sought. Sure, these kids are growing into adulthood and need more independence, but there are times when problems can overwhelm them too.

Nice kids, like yours, sometimes get bullied at school. This bullying can spill over into their home lives, too. Because they may not want you to worry, or they will be embarrassed if you get involved, they will possibly not tell you about the problem. But once the bullying spills over into their home lives, like harassing phone calls, then it is time for you to step in whether or not they want you to.

One way to recognize if your child is being bullied and harassed at home is when you get phone calls that hang up on you, but this doesn't happen to your child when they answer. As your child takes a call, they move out of your earshot, listen for a while, and then appear to be distressed. Maybe they begin to ignore the phone when it rings.

What you need to do is become involed and find out the identity of the person or people harassing your loved one. This information can be found by conducting an online reverse phone number lookup. With the right service, you can get basic information like what city the phone number is being called from or registered to, but with the premium service or a one time fee you can get the whole scoop on your child's harassers.

The information you can obtain with the premium lookup includes the name of the owner of the phone number plus the names of family members and neighbors, the street address and a satellite map of the address, whether it is a land line or a cell phone number, or even alternative phone numbers being used by the owner of the phone number. You will definitely want to do the premium search in your case because the phone number will belong to the parent, and not he kid who is harassing your child.

Reverse phone number lookup resources can be found in libraries, but they normally just cover landlines and are often out of date. You will want to do your reverse phone number lookup online to get the very most out of it, and to put you're child's harassment issues at ease.