Bullying, and now Cyber-bullying is a very important topic especially when it comes to kids. This week in class we looked at both. Kids have always bullied each other, but with the emergence of cyber-bullying, bullies can now reach their victims at home instead of at school. Cyber-bullying can come in many forms, but a common form is posting a video of something embarrassing on the web (YouTube).
South park dedicated an entire episode to cyber-bullying when Cartman started missing school and spent his time playing with dolls have said dolls tell him that he was cool and wasn't fat. Kyle and Kenny filmed Cartman doing this and sent it into America's funniest home videos. They did not tell Cartman they were doing this, and when Cartman found out he nearly exploded in anger. Cartman's anger was his way of dealing with the bullying, but other kids might have different reactions. There have been suicides attributed to Cyber-bullying.
The point I am trying to make is that we can't stop all bullying, it will always happen. But bullying happens outside the home, generally at school. Kids are meant to view their homes as a place where they are safe, and Cyber-bullying takes that away because as long as there is internet they can be bullied. I think its important that parents continue to make the home a safe place for their children and protect them from cyber-bullying.
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