Physical Bullying Down, Cyber Bullying may be Up

As a parent, will you be happy to know that according to recent reports, physical bullying number is down but cyber bullying is rising? Do you think that since bullying now is hiding in the pretense of social networking sites hence it is far less harmful than the obvious physical torments by school bullies? I do not think so. Bullying might have evolved over the years but it is still what it is, bullying. In reality, more and more young kids abhor the idea of cyber bullying than its physical counterpart. This is so because the internet is the social avenue of the young people and being bullied there is far worse than being physically bullied at school. Being bullied in social sites like Facebook or Myspace is a death altogether of their social life, period. Therefore, the numbers does not count. In fact, it is even more abhorrent because cyber bullying is more difficult to trace and prevent.


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