Their Kids?

No I … Oh, I see how I could have phrased that better.

……where “the kids” get it from

Interesting – got a link?

Steo Burke
How can you say this ? I do not think people who are victims of real life bullying would go on line as a fake profile and then bully their tormentors in turn.

They can’t turn off the bullys PC

you can’t turn a bully off, it would be great if you could, some kids can’t look at a text without feeling worried, or look at their facebook page, twitter account or email without being worried, they can’t cross the road, go to the cinema, go to school, go into town, without feeling worried, your comment does not help these kids. you can’t turn off a bully….. they are everywhere the kid goes, either in a true physical form or in their mind dictating every safe move the kid can make without running into their tormentor/s.

there is a huge confusion over what the problem is, it is not the medium. The media however love using the word “Cyber” as it sells well.
The problem with this conception is that it misses the point. Cyber bullying isn’t a new type of bullying, it’s the exact same as old bullying, the only difference is that because we are now connected to one another on a near constant basis one is no longer freed from one’s tormentors by mere physical distance.
If cyber bullying were just about mean comments being posted to Facebook that would be one thing, you can just turn that off. That’s not the point though, because cyber bullying is simply an extension of the social isolation or physical intimidation that is occurring anyway in the “real world”.
There is another side to this though. Kids are thick, they often don’t understand how the internet works, and that stuff they put up here is public and often easily traceable. Schools need to use this to their advantage, both to hunt out bullies but more importantly to identify those being bullied so that they can be helped before really bad things start to happen.

As another commenter above pointed out, they can switch off the pc / phone but that doesn’t mean it stops.

So they avoid Facebook, next day in school everyone’s pointing and laughing, they don’t know why.. It’s because someone shared a really nasty picture / rumour / video about them on Facebook the night before and EVERYONE saw it – except them..

Just saying “switch off the pc / phone” is like the “just walk away” we got in school when I was a kid.. Thing is, when you’re surrounded by a group and there’s no exit – how is “just walk away” supposed to help? If all of your year are seeing the bullies posts, the victim turning off their devices does nothing but bury their head in the sand..

Reporting and taking screenshots are actually a far more beneficial thing to do. It empowers the victim, allowing them to feel that they have *some* control over the situation, no matter how limited. It also gives them evidence to ensure that the bully is punished for their behaviour.
The punishment however needs to work on actually discouraging the behaviour rather than making it worse (might be worth bullies being forced to take courses on emotional development to encourage their empathy and hopefully make them think about their actions).

thank you, finally someone pointing out that while steps need to be taken to overcome bullies, people needs to strengthen themselves too. It’s a cruel world out there, and telling and treating them like it’s not is doing them a disservice.

society doesn’t exists solely for the individual.

Ah ya, sure there’s nothing like a bit of Victim Blaming. It’s not the bullies who are the problem, it’s the victims for not being tough enough or some bullshit.

True, kids think a few mean words on the internet are bullying, theyve gone soft

John and Stephen.
It’s not just about a few unkind words. If you think it is then it’s your misunderstanding of the situation that’s at fault here.
Read the article, there’s texts, newsfeeds, pictures and videos.. So this includes;
•Threats received via any medium
•Pictures of the victim being circulated – perhaps an embarrassing picture, a picture of them being bullied, an edited picture of them intended to mock them etc
•videos would be quite similar – videos of bullies picking on victims, videos of victims being demeaned..

It was one thing when we were growing up, a gang of bullies corners you and humiliates you and all they can do is spread a rumour, these days they can capture the whole event and share it with the world.. Which they delight in doing.

Your lack of compassion is quite disturbing. Perhaps you were lucky enough not to get picked on at school – or maybe you did and you have buried it so deep inside that you can’t allow yourself to be empathetic to the victims in case you have to face how it made you feel.
Kids do need to have their self confidence aided and developed, but many parents are simply useless at doing this or don’t care at all, and it’s THEIR kids who get bullied..

For goodness sake have a heart.. These kids are still growing and learning, their egos haven’t developed to the same level of excess that you guys obviously have.