Cyber bullying
Bullying used to consist of being teased at school in front of everyone and pushed around by someone who thought they were tougher than you. Maybe you told someone you didn't want to go out with them and now they are spreading rumors such as your a tease or even worse, a slut. The bully yells these things at you in the hallways so everyone can hear. Being the kid that got bullied you were happy to go home because now it was over, they couldn't get to you at home. It's different now, every kid has a cell phone, internet and uses social networking sites. Now the bully sends mean threatening emails, text messages and they post mean things on their "Facebook" site. It doesn't just stop with saying mean things and sending threatening messages. It has got to the point of a group of kids videotaping each other brutally beating up other kids so they can go and upload this onto YouTube. The video I remember seeing all over the news and TV stations was a bunch of cheerleaders brutally beating another girl and holding her hostage. This poor girl is now on the news for the world to see. How are they suppose to react to that, some of them decide to take their own lives because of the embarrassment it has caused them, they can't go to school or ou t in public without being pointed at and teased. As a parent of a teenager, I wonder how to make sure my kid isn't part of the bullying or the one being bullied. We need to be more active in the sites our kids are on and what they are posting, read their text messages, stop the bullying before something more seriuos happens, such as suicide form being teased for the world to see.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Cyber bullying is a problem that young people should not have to worry about. I believe that parents as well as teachers need to be more active and aware of the young people in their lives. It is not hard to see when a young person is upset about something. We need to take it upon ourselves as adults to get involved and take action. We need to be teaching these children how to deal with conflict, as they will be dealing with it their entire lives. Also, we need educate the young people of the world about the dangers of cyber bullying and how that can affect their lives. We need to stress the fact that this pointless activity will affect them negatively and be with them their entire lives, regardless if they are the bully or the person being bullied. In addition, we need to give the young people being bullied the confidence to take action and options on how they can resolve this problem. Personally, if I found out my child was involved in this kind of activity, I would make sure that if they were cyber bullying, they would not able to use any technical device until they were mature enough; and if they were being bullied, I would get creative and assist them in resolving the problem very quickly. We as adults need to make some changes and develop consequences as well as options for the children involved in such pointless activities.
Post a Comment