Cyberbullying…

March 27, 2009 kellyyoung

Bullying has been taking place for years; it is something that happens in school yards and social circles all over the world. We as a society worry for our children our friends or ourselves and hope that things like that don’t happen, but we are all aware they do. Children can be cruel, and in a group dynamic they can be even worse. A friend of mine showed me a video on YouTube about a girl who was held hostage in a home and beaten for the sole purpose of being posted on the internet. Fifteen minutes of fame, I think not.

“Cyber bullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others.”

- Bill Belsey (taken from CyberBullying.ca)

What happened to just stealing kids lunch money on the playground, apparently times have changed?