Cyber Bullying: The Harmful Effects Of Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying has always brought pain and suffering to children and teens. According to the article “By the Numbers:Prosecuting Cyber Bullies”,approximate 20 percent of people surveyed to have reported being cyber bullied at some point in their life (2010). With many people eagerly wanting to prevent traditional bullying, many fail to recognize cyberbullying as a serious issue in today 's society.

To begin, cyberbullying causes many harmful effects. Many victims of cyberbullying feel depressed, sad, angry, and frustrated. One victim states that being cyberbullied made them feel unworthy, and it destroyed the victim 's self esteem. The victim felt that everyone was against her and not for or with her. Cyberbullying has shown to be brought

One of the main reasons why cyberbullying is still happening is that people still do not see the harm in cyberbullying (Patchin Justin et al., 2016). To stop the problem, people need to realize the outcome of cyberbullying. Like it says in “Obstacles in the fight to stop cyberbullying.” people need to be willing to take the responsibility about kids and teens abusing the use of social media. Sometimes, the way cyberbullying is addressed has a big part in the extent that children take it. The article states that “as a result, cyberbullying incidents either slip through the cracks, are dealt with too formally, are dealt with too informally, or are otherwise mismanaged. At that point, the problem behaviors often continue and escalate because they aren 't adequately or appropriately addressed” (Patchin Justin et al., 2016). Children act off of the people that they are around. For instance, if a child sees one 's parents on Facebook posting about one 's “feelings,” then they are going to act in the same way. Children feed off of the surroundings and atmosphere of which they are in. Therefore, children will repeat what they see because it seems like the normal thing to do. In addition to this people still have the mindset that cyberbullying is no big deal. The article also states that “some adults have been slow to respond to cyberbullying, many cyber bullies feel that there are little to no consequences for their actions. Many even feel that there is little chance of detection and identification, let alone sanction” (Patchin Justin et al., 2016). If the parents see signs that their children are being a cyberbully, parents can limit the amount of tragedies that come out of cyberbullying by simply enforcing the guidelines of right and