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<blockquote data-quote="Fran" data-source="post: 111448" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>I think of cyber world like the wild,wild West. Everything is so new that the laws haven't caught up. There has to be a structure of what is legal and what isn't, sometime soon.</p><p></p><p>I'm not of the mindset that schools should take the lead here as much as being part of the solution. It's another attempt of parents putting the job on others. He is my kid and it's my job to protect him by using school support, legal support and the humanity/power of other parents/citizens. </p><p></p><p>There is way too much freedom of what can be posted. Information you wouldn't know unless you went to city hall. Most people aren't that much of a stalker but if you click a button, personal info is free for the reading. I resent the heck out of it. </p><p></p><p>I know easy child has been cyber bullied and verbally bullied when in middle school. It's been a long time. </p><p></p><p>It seems like ignoring it would work but as the older generation used to say "your good name is all you have". The victims names are muddied. The "kids being kids" devastates other kids. I don't care how "desensitized or easy child" the bullies and their parents think I am. They are mean bullies so why would their opinions matter? Who would make them the judge of what is overly sensitive? You would expect the bravado from them. </p><p>We let our kids get crushed by bullies and they win. I think the law should come down hard on both kids and adults who are threatening and slanderous via cyber world. </p><p>It is public ridicule and humiliation magnified by hundreds and thousands who read it. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I believe that when you aren't seeing the victim as a person but as an "it" or "thing" it gives you the sense that anything goes. Being anonymous allows incredible cruelty to fester. It's mob mentality cyber version.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fran, post: 111448, member: 3"] I think of cyber world like the wild,wild West. Everything is so new that the laws haven't caught up. There has to be a structure of what is legal and what isn't, sometime soon. I'm not of the mindset that schools should take the lead here as much as being part of the solution. It's another attempt of parents putting the job on others. He is my kid and it's my job to protect him by using school support, legal support and the humanity/power of other parents/citizens. There is way too much freedom of what can be posted. Information you wouldn't know unless you went to city hall. Most people aren't that much of a stalker but if you click a button, personal info is free for the reading. I resent the heck out of it. I know easy child has been cyber bullied and verbally bullied when in middle school. It's been a long time. It seems like ignoring it would work but as the older generation used to say "your good name is all you have". The victims names are muddied. The "kids being kids" devastates other kids. I don't care how "desensitized or easy child" the bullies and their parents think I am. They are mean bullies so why would their opinions matter? Who would make them the judge of what is overly sensitive? You would expect the bravado from them. We let our kids get crushed by bullies and they win. I think the law should come down hard on both kids and adults who are threatening and slanderous via cyber world. It is public ridicule and humiliation magnified by hundreds and thousands who read it. I believe that when you aren't seeing the victim as a person but as an "it" or "thing" it gives you the sense that anything goes. Being anonymous allows incredible cruelty to fester. It's mob mentality cyber version. [/QUOTE]
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