Teenage Suicide

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Parenting/girls-teen-suicide-calls-attention-cyberbullying/story?id=9685026&page=2

 
Mean Girls: Cyberbullying Blamed For Teen Suicides is an article about the affects that cyber bullying have on teenagers as well as preteens. Phoebe Prince, a young fifteen year old girl from Massachusetts, was led to death caused by girls sending nasty messages to her through the internet. These girls didn’t stop after Phoebe had died. There was a memorial page on Facebook for her, in which some people sent horrible messages that had to be deleted.
  Phoebe was not the only person led to death by online bullying. In this article, it also talks about how a thirteen year old girl killed herself when the mother of her former friend created an account online and harassed her in 2006. Three other children, aged thirteen, eleven, and nine hung themselves because of online bullying.
  I believe that this issue matters because it can be completely eliminated and unavoidable if parents keep a closer eye on what their children do on the internet. These situations are unfortunate because the internet allows people to taunt and bully people that they normally wouldn’t in person. The internet gives people courage because they don’t have to face the victim. Far worse things can be said on the internet, where they have time to think about their threats before sending it. This is one of the worst aspects of social networking.
  I want to know what people have done to try to stop online bullying, especially the families and friends close to those who have commited suicide because of it. I would also like to know if those who have caused these suicides have been severely punished and I hope that people are doing something to stop it.