Another Teen Suicide Results from Cyberbullying
This is so sad. It happened again. I hate to go all Rodney King, but “can’t we all just get along”… or rather, can’t you just teach your kids not to be jerks?
I know kids are always mean to each other, but why has it escalated in recent years? We can’t blame technology; it’s a simple matter of the false, un-earned self-esteem we pump into our kids, telling them they can do no wrong. That gives them an inflated ego in the process and when it comes time to interact with others, they feel they are better than everyone else… simple ‘talking down’ to others escalates into full-on bullying.
Anyway, what do I know… only just a logical “old” person who was taught to be nice to others… Bottom line: parents need to start taking responsibility for the taunting actions of their little monsters. If every paret were simply monitoring their child’s online activity – we could take a big chunk out of cyberbullying. That’s why we need PC Pandora – don’t blame the technology, use it.
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January 24, 2010
Teen’s suicide prompts a look at bullying
By Kathy McCabe, Boston Globe
Phoebe Prince’s lilting Irish accent and wide smile made the 15-year-old freshman stand out at South Hadley High School, where she enrolled last fall after her family relocated from a tiny village in the west of Ireland.
Her principal called her smart and charming. A boy invited the new girl to the school’s winter cotillion, a highlight of the school year. But two days before the Jan. 16 dance, Prince died in an apparent suicide, after incessant bullying by classmates at the 700-student high school.