Ok…kids in Florida tell 12 y/o girl that nobody likes her, that she should kill herself, etc…kid and family move get off FaceBook, etc…kids still manager to find girl (stalk her) to other social media site…kids continue to harass, hate, demean until girl actually kills herself. Bullying is evil, Those kids are evil. Internet bullying is evil. —bullyshit
This article appears in Sep 12-18, 2013.
What is your point OB? You’ve only managed to point out already apparent facts…
I am so glad that the internet was just for dorks when I was a kid being bullied in school 🙁 It was a safe place for me to be until I could leave my small town and go to the city (a city, any city). I can’t imagine how hard it is for kids now that bullying follows them home.
yep, it’s a brand new game of life
Instead of being bullied face to face….now you get bullied anonymously….thanks internet.
It’s not necessarily anonymous Klyde, these are members of their peers that relentlessly stalk them over the internet to make them feel like shit. Some anon poster on the internet calling you a fag or whatever – big deal…someone who knew you personally and can exploit things you have done/may be self-conscious about – whole different ball game.
Agreed jgore, being bullied in the 90’s was pretty shitty and probably still effects me in ways that I’m unaware of but kids these days have a whole new set of problems to try and deal with.
Then get your fucking kids off the internet. Seriously.. why are they online this much at age 12 anyway? A giant web full of bullies, porn and pedophiles is being used to babysit your children. WHO’S fucked up here??
This isn’t an issue with bullying. It existed before the internet and it existed before television and it existed before telePHONES. And it will continue to exist.
It’s YOUR job to make sure your kid grows up happy. So get to it. And DON’T fucking try to tell me this is bullying or I’ll “Make” you get an eating disorder.
What? I can’t “make” you do anything?
Exactly.
Now get to doing your job, parents, instead of blaming your electronic babysitters.
Restrict internet time.
Restrict sites that worry your kids.
Be a parent.
YOu’ll tell me it’s not easy. No. It’s not. Who said this would be easy?
Fuck i’m so sick of this shit. You don’t want your kids worrying over shit they see online, then don’t let them online until they’re mature enough to learn to LOG OUT.
TGB Fucking A