Cyber Bullying

Solution of Cyber Bullying

This problem is so serious and in dire need of immediate, broad based attention that entire communities need to join together and take action.  The bully is not satisfied with only embarrassing the “target”, but the ultimate result of their efforts is the complete destruction of the person. In many cases, the death of the individual is just a consequence and nothing more. A growing number of cases involve suicide by young people barely into their teen years. This time of life should be filled with fun and innocent behavior.


For a teen, having to deal with the ever present issues of social acceptance and making friends, all the while trying to perform their best in school and sports, takes up most of their time. Family life is supposed to be that safe place he or she could escape to when things became a little too hard to understand. Talking out problems with Mom or Dad was always reassuring because they always knew best. The pressures of growing up did not seem as hard as they thought they once were, thanks to them. But, as they grew up and influences from unsavory individuals seemed to draw their attention away from family and more toward what “everyone” else is doing, the child begins to venture off into a place that is unfamiliar, yet exciting to them. Assuming of course, that the family structure is sound and allows for the child to make their own, responsible decisions, this situation would normally be handled correctly. However, in the case of a young teenager who is desperately seeking acceptance, all too often a bully will take notice of this weakness and make this child a target of their aggression. Whether the reason the bully obsesses to hurt their target is out of jealousy because of looks and popularity, or even because of academic prowess, the cyber bully will take aim and start their systematic destruction of the child.


In the case of cyber bullying, this can take the form of using social media to defame the child by posting to millions of potential viewers untruths about their behavior, or much worse, posting photos of the child that were never intended to be shared. The cyber bully will purposely use these photos to depict bad or unacceptable behavior, which will in turn lead to the child becoming the target of many more people who perpetuate the falsehoods. Eventually, the child begins to believe that they are unacceptable as human beings, and they then unknowingly start their emotional downward spiral toward  depression and a whole host of other problems. Ideally, this would be the time for parents to realize what is happening and for them to take immediate action. As the bullying continues and intensifies, it is at this point that many children reach out for help, and some of them are rescued by their family. For many, though, this is not the case. Instead, as mentioned earlier, the behavior is written off as minor and short lived.