Cyber Bullying — On the “Why”
William Gibbs (1865–1877) was a boarder at Christ’s Hospital school in Sussex who committed suicide by hanging on 4 May 1877 at age 12 after being bullied and beaten.
Dawn-Marie Wesley (1986–2000), age 14, Canadian high school student who died of suicide by hanging due to bullying.
Nicola Ann Raphael (1985–2001), age 15, Lenzie Academy high school student who died by suicide via an overdose of Coproxamol due to bullying.
Ryan Halligan (1989–2003), age 13, was an American student from Essex Junction, Vermont, who died by suicide at the age of 13 after allegedly being bullied by his classmates in person and online.
Megan Meier (1992–2006), age 13, was an American teenager from Dardenne Prairie, Missouri, who died of suicide by hanging three weeks before her fourteenth birthday.
Sladjana Vidovic (1992–2008), age 16, from Mentor, Ohio, hanged herself in October 2008 by jumping from a window with a sheet around her neck.
Tyler Long (1992–2009), age 17, was a gay student with Asperger syndrome. Because of his homosexuality and disability, students would bully him.
Ty Smalley (1998–2010), age 11, was bullied because he was small for his age.
Phoebe Prince (1994–2010), age 15, an American high school student who died of suicide by hanging, following school bullying and cyberbullying.
Tyler Clementi (1991–2010), age 18, a student at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on September 22, 2010.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicides_that_have_been_attributed_to_bullying]
Bullying has been a dark fragment of progressive education and growth of children into young adults almost since the dawn of time. The severity of it can never be undermined or obscured by just anything — no matter how liberal we may become. Though the methods have changed, bullying has endured and thrived in ways more damaging than ever before. The emerging trend of cyber bullying is underestimated for its lack of physical abuse and the predisposed distance ensured by social media and Cable TV, but truth be told, it is just as detrimental and certainly life-threatening.

Mental health will remain one of the most sensitive and critical realities that we must educate ourselves about, and be careful to preserve — especially amongst growing children and young adults who are vulnerable to the seemingly most insignificant of negativities. The rise of depression, bipolar disorder and many others are affecting people of all ages, especially children is alarming — and when targeting the younger generations, bullying is one of the biggest causes.
Now, the progress of technology and the ease with which we allow our youngsters to get acquainted and eventually dependent on it for a number of reasons may be what’s giving birth to the idea of cyber bullying — an idea gaining incredible speed at a frightening rate. We see our kids rushing home and forgetting to eat while they surf on the internet on their gadgets, and browse their favorite shows and more often, social media. In addition to the internet, Cable TV is one of the most swaying — in terms of psyche and mental growth, especially for kids.
Be it for the lack of supervision that today’s children get from their oblivious and swamped parents, who overwork themselves to make ends meet in this increasingly competitive world — or the easy access to R-rated and PG media content which involves gore and violence, children are getting unconsciously conditioned to be immune to not only say yes to all that, but also initiate it. The effect of damaging and exposing content that’s even present in children’s’ programs these days is consistently inappropriate, and may actually be giving birth to violence in children. Instead of cringing from it, they may use it to satisfy their Id, and instinctively attempt to gain control over the weaker ones, and get the feeling of being authoritative.
Today’s world provides more anonymity and shelter than it does connectivity. Another reason for cyber bullying to grow is the security that you get sitting in front of a screen and not directly in front of a person — which is documented to not induce empathy as opposed to in-person.
It is important to let your children get exposure in regulation and a completely foolproof, supervised environment. Learn to get your children to share things with you, even if its negative thoughts — which is important in order to cut the problem from the root-cause before it gains speed. Make certain your child is only exposed to positive, inspirational and life-affirming experiences, people and media over Cable and Internet Bundles for instance Spectrum bundles. Buy cable, internet and phone services from Spectrum cable Company and experience comfort with technology like never before. We offer parental controls and anti-spam features to protect you and your family