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In reply to the discussion: Florida girl, 12, commits suicide after she was bullied online: sheriff [View all]Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...and was compartmentalized to that small circle.
Today, however, when one is bullied, it happens in front of a MUCH larger audience due to social networking. Of course, one would make the argument that children shouldn't be allowed to "network socially", but the peer pressure to do so is dramatic. I'm 48, and I have co-workers who insist that I "socially network" with them and, when I don't (since I don't do such things), they take great offense to it.
"Social Networking" is a new phenomenon that kids and adults will indulge in whether us old-timers approve or not. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY of PARENTS to MONITOR what their little angels are doing on line. When they don't monitor their children when they engage in anti-social behavior, then THEY, THE PARENTS SHOULD be help responsible, much in the same way parents are who do not secure their firerarms in their households, and then one of their kids shoot another child.
Additionally, I'm not sure if your tone is appropriate to this conversation since you think it's ok to use a term like "suicide themselves". It displays a lack of understanding about depression and suicide.