Should There Be Cyberbullying?

Children and young adults that are bullied in this way could be affected in different ways. They may blame themselves. They may also suffer from depression. They could inflict harm to themselves. They may feel ill or start developing phobias. Children who suffer from this type of bullying may be extremely shy and lack confidence. They may also develop mental health problems. They might also find comfort in overeating. They may not want to go to school and may also be withdrawn and isolated.

Bullying has been around since the beginning of time. Parents may remember when they were kids and the bully would pick on them or their friends by stealing lunch money or just getting beat up, and that was the end of it. The victims remember the hurt, frustration, and sadness it caused. However, these days, bullying is not just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it is happening on the Internet and on cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day with multiple bullies and thousands of kids watching. Cyberbullying follows children nonstop and into the safety of their house. Sometimes kids are afraid to inform their parents about the cyberbullying that they will think its there fault. Or that their parents will call the bullies parents or other parents, making the bullying worse. However, the effect and pain that comes from cyberbullying is real. People underestimate cyberbullying, just because it is happening online and not in person. Cyberbullying can lead to many different factors like drinking, and drugs, poor grades, depression, eating disorders. Many students have even taken their own lives because of another student saying something to them online. Cyberbullying has been taking place a lot more in middle and high schools because of the increased usage of social media networks and technology. Cyberbullying is worse and more harmful than traditional bullying.

Although cyberbullying is something that should be prevented I admit that it has caused many incidents over the years. People made unthoughtful actions as being the victims of this and committed suicide or hurting themselves. “Although cyberbullying may seem insignificant in the big picture, in a survey conducted in 2006, nearly 1 in 3 teens admitted to being the victim of cyberbullying. Cyberbullying can also lead to kids getting physically injured.” Teenagers should not be punished criminally because of their

The effects of bullying on students who are bullied(victims) include psychological/physical issues, low academic performance, social difficulties, and attempts to suicide(hghghy). Students who are bullied on a daily basis can experience emotional distress such as anxiety, low confidences, and depression; As a result, they may have sleep disorders(hdgefiffuhfugf). Many experts are worried because these issues may persist into adulthood. (hfefhhfunrfb).Since students who are bullied suffered from such emotional distress, they may face troubles in their social life such as engaging in relationships with others and form friends. As bullying victims suffer from these emotional distress, they may feel that their school is unsafe for them and consequently they may skip classes, show poor participation on class, and being unfocused while studying. Therefore, they would have poor academic performance. The National Association of School Psychologists estimates that 160,000 students in the

Children who are bullied may have short term effects on them. They often do not like to go to school, have problems making friends, and in extreme cases develop depression can lead to suicide. Bullying can have lasting effects on a victim. Fortunately, most who are bullied receive support from others tend not to have any lasting effect.

Bullying may result in death, physical injury, social and emotional distress. Bullied students are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, poor school adjustment, and sleep difficulty.

Psychological problems is one of the effects. When a victim is going through this, their risk of having suicidal thoughts and behaviors is higher than usual.Walton says, “But a new study in JAMA Psychiatry looks at the long-term psychological effects of bullying, for kids who are bullied, who bully, or who may play both “roles”. Kids who had been victims only (who never bullied others) had greater risk for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia as adults. But worse off were kids who were both bully victims and bullies – they experienced all types of depressive and anxiety disorders, and suffered most severely from suicidal thoughts, depressive disorders, generalized anxiety and panic disorder, compared with the other groups of participants. In fact, about 25% of these participants said they had suicidal thoughts as young adults, and about 38% had panic disorder.” This is important because it shows that people who are victims and bully others are the ones that go through a lot more. They want to feel like they finally have control over someone, since they have been bullied before. Another mental health is low-self esteem. Children that have low-self esteem are the ones that usually get picked on at school. They don’t feel positive and don’t see themselves as worthy or good enough for others. The last mental health is post traumatic stress. It’s

Many girls in the world would get bullied for one simple mistakes. Nine percent of junior in high school has been bullied three or more times online. Nineteen percent of girls in middle school said they have bullied someone. Everywhere in middle school and teens in high school are getting bullied on the internet. The person who cyberbullying on the internet are most likely use alcohol, drugs, skip school, experiences in-person bully, unwilling to attend school, receive poor grades, and have low self-esteem. Being a victim of all bulling can be depressing for others because they feel like there no one there for them. It can harm whoever it happens to or the people they love because the results at the end can be upsetting if the victim commits suicide.

Did you know that over 43% of kids have admitted that they’ve been bullied online? Even more admitted that they have witnessed it. Cyber bullying is a big issue in America, and it needs to be stopped. There are many problems related to cyber bullying that can last a lifetime, if not taken care of. These affect schoolwork, friendships, relationships, and attitude. America needs to stop this, so we can provide a better future for our teens.

42% of teens reported being cyberbullied within the last year. This is only the people who have reported it, there are many more who have been cyberbullied and done nothing about it. It is important to work to stop cyberbullying because it can affect all aspects of your life. Cyberbullying can do a greater harm than any other kind of bullying because it is so easy for someone to torment you. It can occur anytime during the day or at night. It can affect how your day goes and can leave you feeling worthless. It is important to put an end to cyberbullying because the number of suicide attempts and self harm have increased just due to cyberbullying. People do not understand how serious it is and are willing to have someone take their lives because

Others see this issue from a different perspective. They argue that schools should not be required to intervene when cyberbullying takes place off campus and argue that it can potentially violate a student's right to free speech, give schools unnecessary responsibility, and deem state laws for cyberbullying to be inadequate. First Amendment activists make the point that "students do not leave their First Amendment rights at the school house door" (Stone). They point out that a student's First Amendment rights need to be protected. They argue that since cyberbullying takes place at a student's home, students are free to express and vocalize their opinions under the First Amendment. Therefore, any attempts of punishment given out by either the court or school are never fully carried out since it violates a student's right to free speech. Alternatively, other people contend that if schools intervene in

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be cyberbullied? Would you want to be cyberbullied to the point you commit suicide? Cyberbullying should not be allowed because it can others to depression in their life, students end up embarrassing themselves and they start cutting to the point they can bear no more and commit suicide.

The effect of bullying is leaving many kids with problems in school, workplace, and at home. Bullying can lead to long term problems as well. One problem is teenagers get emotional stressed. This follows them everywhere they go. In any situation it becomes a bigger problem than it is because they are emotionally stressed. Many teeenagres don’t know how to handle being bullied and what to do. They don't tell anyone and keep their emotions bottled in. When teens don’t talk and handle their situation their emotions go all over the place. But if more anti bullying groups would talk to teens there would be big changes in schools. Hopefully these groups will talk about how to handle emotional stress. (Facts About School Bullying)

There over thousands of cases where a child ended up taking their life because that child fell victim to cyberbullying. As a nation we see cyberbullying everywhere it is publicized on the news, in movies, and even books. Nobody wants to talk about it, just another thing that is swept under the rug but its here in the world. There should be a law preventing cyber bullying because it affects the welfare of the victim, cyber bullying is a constant, and we are better than this.

Children can be tested for depression and put on antidepressants that can sometimes make it worse than if they deal with it without it. “Bullying can lead to physical injury, social problems, emotional problems, and even death. Children and adolescents who are bullied are at increased risk for mental health problems, including depression, anxiety, headaches, and problems adjusting to school. Bullying also can cause long-term damage to self-esteem” (How Does Bullying Affect). People, who suffer from any of these can think suicidal thoughts or have this fear of people, which would really hard for them to form friends or relationships.The effects can not be forgotten it can cause people to be scared to make friendships or get into relationships. They believe that no one would love them or want them around. They might misunderstand someone's good intentions for someone trying to harm them. It makes the victim scared of people and it makes them hard to trust