CyberBullying

"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." 

This is totally and completely false.  Yes sticks and stones may break bones, or leave nasty scrapes.  However breaks and scrapes will heal.  Words on the other hand hurt and leave scars, scars that may never heal.  Cyber bullying is a  hate crime.  People hide behind their cell phones, myspace, and Facebook accounts attacking anyone who they do not like.

Megan Meier was the victim of cyber bullying.  Megan a young teen who struggled with self-estem and confiednce issues since third grade.  Megan was targeted by a friends mother down the street from her.  Said mother created a fake myspace account of a boy who pretended to like Megan.  Said mother created this boy to gain Megan's trust and confidence, and to see what Megan had been saying about her daugheter and other kids.  Megans parents said while talking to this boy she was the happiest she had been in awhile.  She was losing weight and enjoying life.  However things began to turn ugly, the fake boy began to tell Megan she was a slut, fat and a liar.  Her parents said Megan was extremly distraught and upset of this boys comments.  Megan hung herself after this boy said they could not be friends anymore.  Megan was the victim of cyber bullying.  Cyber bullying that was so bad and the words were so unberiable she hung herself. 

Did you know more than 1 in 3 teens have been threatened online.  More than 25% of teens have been bullied repeatedly through their cell phones or the Internet.  Only 1 in 10 teens will tell their parents they are the victim of cyber bullying.  1 in 10 teens have had embrassing or damaging pictures taken of themselves, without their premission, often with their cell phones.  Bullying is more than physical abuse.  In this day and age, with all the technology avaliable bullying has become a way to tear others down anonymously, and without consequences.  Honestly, cyber bullying is a way for people who are insecure to tear others down to make themselves feel better.  In everything I have seen and experienced tearing others down will not build you up. Cyber bullying hurts and needs to stop.