Bullying And Cyberbullying In The United States

Bullying has become a massive impact in the United States for children and young adults. For the past years bullying has been an important topic to the victim asking himself “why me”? At one point or another, we have all been bullied, participated in bullying, or have seen someone they know being bullied. It does not matter what kind of bullying, can either be face to face or cyber. Bullying has a negative effect on teenagers because it lowers their self-esteem, causes stress, and ruins reputations (Mrs. Jarrell).

Traditional bullying also known as face to face bullying was and still is the very first type of bullying out there. Studies and recent surveys show that traditional bullying is worse and can cause someone serious harm in the student
Technology was invented to help and save people, but right now people are using technology in the worst way possible. Cyber bullying is more common on teenagers. Since social media was barely invented in the 2000s cyber bullying mostly happens in the late stages of middle school and early highschool years of our generation. A common way to find out whether or not your children are being bullied is to ask them every day. The children are frightened of becoming a victim of bullying and the consequences that continue. People stay quiet because the bully threatens them to hurt a friend or someone they love and care about. Talking by experience, it’s better to find out early than later. The worst consequence a parent or guardian can face is losing their child’s life. Cyber bullying can take different forms. Sending mean messages or threats, spreading rumors online or through texts, posting hurtful or threatening images, stealing a person’s personal information, and pretending to be someone else online are some examples of cyberbullying. In one case, a girl in Canada named Amanda Todd fell victim to cyberbullying. Amanda used video chat to make new friends, but there was a man who used her and blackmailed her many times, for as much as she could she couldn’t get rid of him, until one sad day she hanged herself in her room. School districts in the United States so far have not seen what a massive problem cyber bullying has come to be. Our nation has suffered a real enormous loss in young children’s and teenagers’ life. Mostly because even though the young children go to their teachers for help they still continue to be bullied and at the end they lose there