teen bullying

Teen bullying is becoming more and more of a problem theses days. Sometimes bullyinig can cause something as simple as an arguement or little fight but other times it gets more serious and can lead to suicides or death. According to an article titled: "Teen bullying: Should it be a crime?" a very young 15 year old girl was bullied so much that it led her to commit suicide, and caused nine other teenagers (7 being girls) to face crimminal charges. the author says that " bullying, they say, is just one of the hazards of high school life, and we can't crimminalize " kids for being kids." they then go on to say " but it's precisely becasue this kind of bullying has become so widespread, and so vicious, that something has to be done." This author tells the story of the young girl being bullied so much that it led to her young death in order to get your attention and to show people how bad bullying can be. The author mentions how children are not born with compassion and should be taught how painful their words can be. Some say parents should teach their children some compassion, but some parents think it should be up to the schools. Bullying needs to stop in schools i do agree with this, but i also agree with "The Providence Journal" when they say that it is hard to control now with the internet and social networking cites. Cyber bullying is now becoming more and more popular today. Sexting is also becoming popular which can also lead to bullying. I read an article on a 13 year old girl named Hope witsell who was trying to get a boys attention by sending him a topless picture. The article titled "'sexting' bullying cited in teen's suicide" written by: Michael inbar discusses how Hope lost her childhood and her life because of a 'sexting' incident. The photo of Hope was passed along from person to person until it eventually reached her school, parents, and a close by high school. Hopes so called friends would group around her while she was walking down the hall ways and shout "slut and whore" at her, (they were in 7th grade.) Hope hanged herself because the bullying got so hard for her to deal with anymore. About three years ago a friend of my own was not very stable and well at a party they had someone go up to them and yell in their face "go kill yourself, it's not like anyone will care", and that same night they did. Many people do not realize that what they say can affect someone greatly. Something has to be done in order to try and stop teen bullying, in order to try and prevent teen suicides.

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