Growing Up Online... parents and non-parents

[imported_Shanna]

THIS is a must see.

They cyber bullying made me think twice about the lab board. Adults or children...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

You can click on the picture on the right of the screen that says -

WATCH THE FULL PROGRAM ONLINE

[zoesmom]

very sad and scary at the same time.

I remember reading about a girl who committed suicide because the mother of a girl played a joke on her about a boy.

[ZukinGriffins Mom]

Thank you for passing this along.

After hearing (and witnessing) the behavior/comments/language/bullying on the doll forum, I decided to investigate this new age of "growing up on the internet" myself. It is truly a scary world as a parent.

Thanks for sharing this site, I cant watch from work but the articles are helpful too....I will have to catch up on the program portion later.

[Beachboys]

It is a sad thing that this can happen. People tend to say you shoudn't care what others say online about you. But come on. Who doesnt really get hurt.

A person can be stalked, bullied and everything else and not even have to leave the house. Now thats so scary. I cant understand how the parents would feel. I am sure they try everything they can to avoid this. But its the internet and there is always a way around it.

[imported_Shanna]

You know, something that the people at the Doll Palace taught me was that.... Bullies often don't realize THEY are the bully. I feel children not only need to be taught about how to handle being a bully, but to recognize when they are being a bully themselves.