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    Cyberbullies

    This is an interesting article I read today about bullying on the internet. http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home...-play-catch-up

    I hope it will be many years before I have to deal with this sort of thing but it worries me. This and that "To Catch a Predator" show. It is so upsetting that other kids and even adults can access your children in your home and it seems so hard to protect them because the kids themselves demand internet "privacy" or fail to understand the lack of privacy on the internet.
    Wife and #1 Fan of Attending Adult & Geriatric Psychiatrist.
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    Just read the article. Thanks for sharing. Scary stuff. Makes me wonder how things will be 10-15 year from now when are kids reach this stage. I shudder to think...
    Attorney, wife to EM attending, mom to two girls (ages 5 and 2)

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      Being a high school teacher, cyberbullying is very real, and very scary! Kids who are picked on, vulnerable, or outcasts are not only tormented during the school day (like when we were in HS), but it carries on at home. They can't escape. It is very scary to think about what things will be like when our littlest ones are bigger. It's so sad to witness/ hear about it everyday.
      Jen
      Wife of a PGY-4 orthopod, momma to 2 DDs, caretaker of a retired race-dog, Hawkeye!


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      • #4
        By this standard, parents are complict with all bullying. It is hard to imagine that a child who would verbally and physically assult someone at school has no behavior issues at home.
        Kris

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        • #5
          I don't blame parents 100% for their kids' bullying, but there are many times ignored signs and missed opportunities for parents to be clued in.

          I love that we can put DD's cell phone on lock down through AT&T's Smart Limits. We can time lock it, block out numbers, allow emergency numbers, limit or block texting and downloads, etc. It totally rocks.

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          • #6
            I don't blame the parents 100% but it seems that they often have their heads in the sand about their children's behavior. The 14 year old foster son that my parents have is harrassed daily and it often becomes physical, pushing, shoving, slapping. Yet the school does very little. The teachers ignore the problems and it does not seem to be reported to the parents. It is so sad.
            Kris

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