1. Education

Discuss in my forum

Bullying Goes High Tech

From Robert Kennedy, About.com GuideFebruary 21, 2006

Follow me on:

School-Yard Bullies Add Internet To Arsenal Of Pain describes the new twists the age-old art of bullying has taken on in this Web-based society of ours. A few years ago bullies were in your face. You couldn't avoid them. My eldest son used to arrive early at his public high school just so he could avoid being shaken down for lunch money by some thug named Mad Dog.

Now bullies publish Web sites with nasty copy and demeaning photos. They flood your cell phone with text messages. It's hard to battle cyber-bullies. What's even scarier is that bullying occurs whenever adults are not present.

Bullying: Its Role In School Violence Bullies try to even the score by killing.
Teen Suicide Do you know the warning signs?

Comments

No comments yet. Leave a Comment

Leave a Comment


Line and paragraph breaks are automatic. Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title="">, <b>, <i>, <strike>
Top Related Searches tech tuesday

©2013 About.com. All rights reserved.