Expert urges policies to prevent online bullying

Carie L.
Granite Falls, MN     08/16/2009 5:42 PM

I all for that, too, Rick. And I also understand that, whether I like it or not and whether I allow it or not, other parents are allowing their kids to bring their cell phones to school, and other parents are not monitoing their children's online activities... and I'm aware that this sort of thing happens both inside school, and out. I don't approve of kids physically or verbally bullying each other - but that happens anyway, as well. Schools already have policies against physical and verbal bullying - cyber bullying should be added to the list so that it is taken just as seriously within the walls of the school.

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Ron C.
Willmar, MN     08/16/2009 4:08 PM

What you think about this Harold?

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David S.
08/16/2009 10:55 AM

The first rule to becoming an "expert" is to wear your glasses on top of your head.

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Carie L.
Granite Falls, MN     08/15/2009 10:11 PM

Hello Cynicism - another dreary, bleak day ahead, eh? Psssst - let me give you a quick hint: this is about the price of progress... it's about the age of technology... it's about the reality of cyberspace as it interacts with the up and coming generation, and the effect it has on our children... and, actually, it should be taken seriously even tho that is difficult for us "middle-agers" who have never experienced it. Dimissing the credibility of it does little to help kids who do take it seriously. You know - KIDS - those little people that many advocate for the protection of. I find it a little ironic that people who will shout from the mountaintops that they believe in Right to Life would be so dismissive of an issue that clearly seriously has an effect on those that were given that right to life. So, once you get to suck in that first shot of oxygen you're on your own? Come on...

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Dan B.
08/15/2009 6:03 PM

There's no end to all the nannys that want to take care of us.

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Carie L.
Granite Falls, MN     08/15/2009 12:49 PM

No one is asking the schools to cure cyberbullying... just contribute to awareness and prevention - and it makes sense. Kids text each other all day long in school - regardless of existing policies. Kids are now able, thanks to phone data capabilites, able to log on to FaceBook, MySpace, etc... and now Twitter has joined the ranks... like "instant bullying". The issue is real - and can be that much more harmful than "plain old face to face bullying". Expecting our kids to toughen up - ignore the bullying - well, it doesn't work for face-to-face issues, and it doesn't work for cyber issues, either. For kids, the cyber world is often just as real, just as important, as the real world. Nothing wrong with educating educators - those are the folks that spend 8 hours a day for 9 months of the year with our kids. They have to be part of any kind of solution.

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