Cyber bullying

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  • IamMine
    IamMine Posts: 2,743
    Cyber bullying is a very serious issue these days and there are a lot of parents who are not computer savvy or even aware of what their children are doing online.

    I have always said it was a dangerous playground and I was one of those "Not my kid!" parents when I got a personal visit from a policeman two years ago that involved my son, his ex girlfriend and her new boyfriend using my daughter's MySpace page attacking each other privately.

    I made a rule that I had to be a friend of theirs but it looked fine outside...but not privately where things were very ugly.

    I was shocked and angry - and I agreed with the policeman that my son is responsible for his own actions and should be punished. He looked very surprised and told me that it was uncommon that a parent of a guilty child would welcome him inside the house and have a rational conversation.

    Upon further investigation on my own, his ex girlfriend was using her new boyfriend as a way of getting back at my son because he broke up with her (but he was still jealous of her new bf)... so things got out of control and some things shouldn't have been said.

    Even the police and school thought it was odd that the boy's mother waited ONE week before reporting my son and did NOT even contact me, his mother. They also interviewed the boy and turns out he was exaggerating his "fears" of my son, whom he admitted he had never met in person.

    So things really blew out of porportion and they decided to let this go, but warned them not to do this again.

    After that indicient, I ordered all of my children to delete all of their accounts and no new accounts will be allowed until they learn how to handle themselves online - whether offline or online.

    My 12 years old son's YT was hacked and a kid at his school used his account to attack other people while imposing him. It was hard proving that... but luckily for him, everyone at school knew he was a sweetheart and never talked to people that way using foul language - even when he was angry. Important lesson for my son - never share password with anyone.

    I had that account deleted as well... . not more YT, MySpace, and they do not have FB either.

    But they learned a big lesson - that everything can be recorded and saved as an evidences to be used against them.

    It is NOT easy being a parent these days - both offline and online. It's quite challenging - the kids are really savvy these days.

    :-/
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    can i just say to whoever started this thread.... i want your lunch money by 2pm today or your 3gb RAM gets it!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • TriumphantAngel
    TriumphantAngel Posts: 1,760
    dunkman wrote:
    can i just say to whoever started this thread.... i want your lunch money by 2pm today or your 3gb RAM gets it!
    than i would just have to punch you in the virtual fudd and tell you i could care less!
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    dunkman wrote:
    can i just say to whoever started this thread.... i want your lunch money by 2pm today or your 3gb RAM gets it!
    than i would just have to punch you in the virtual fudd and tell you i could care less!

    my big brother is The Jeagler... you will regret that punch.. not approved!!!! ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • fuck
    fuck Posts: 4,069
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    dunkman wrote:
    can i just say to whoever started this thread.... i want your lunch money by 2pm today or your 3gb RAM gets it!
    than i would just have to punch you in the virtual fudd and tell you i could care less!
    if you could care less, then why don't you? ;)
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    _outlaw wrote:
    TriumphantAngel wrote:
    dunkman wrote:
    can i just say to whoever started this thread.... i want your lunch money by 2pm today or your 3gb RAM gets it!
    than i would just have to punch you in the virtual fudd and tell you i could care less!
    if you could care less, then why don't you? ;)

    why dont you than?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    tybird wrote:
    Seriously, the internet is for PORN. :twisted:

    Any sort of technical advancement is always initially utilized by the porn industry!
    Yes, Life is good. :twisted:
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    I don't know if the fact that it's "cyber" bullying makes it any worse. Think back to when you were kid. Bullies followed you home, they prank called you, they threatened you. Bullies are going to use whatever means they have to bully, and if we didn't have any internet communication they would still harass other kids. I do think that perhaps the internet resources are well suited to female bullies though, as they are more prone to mess with others' heads or use social "torture" rather than just physical violence. But I got bullied in jr. high long before anyone even had email. I don't think it's any worse- I'm sure the suicide numbers are close to what they were before online social networking.

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