The Rise Of Cyber Bullying

As time passes, we have experienced many changes in our lives. The great improvement in technology has led to the rise of the computers, which has brought great convenience and is of a big help when it comes to work. Computers, mainly a tool for working purposes have been turn into the ultimate gaming machine by teenagers nowadays. However, for some children, it may be a living hell. With the increasing amount of cyber bullying cases, many innocent teenagers who are unable to cope with the stress either suffer mental breakdown or choose to commit suicide, leaving their loved ones behind to mourn for them. Cyber bullying is very popular nowadays as one can torture ther victims and not get found out. Unlike playground bullying, cyber bullying focus on causing psychological pain instead of inflicting physical pain. As we all know, psychological pain is the toughest to cure as it does not require only medicine, the victim itself must also be very strong mentally to overcome this barrier. The worst thing about cyber bullying is that the bullies may be your very best friend and you still treat him very well. The reasons for Cyber Bullies atrocious and recalcitrant behaviour is because they can get away with it. The victims absolutely have no idea who the bully is and cannnot do anything. The consequences of being bullied on the net is not a matter to be taken lightly off. Many victims suffer from depression as a result because they keep mostly everything to themselves and not speak to their parents. It is very sad to see a healthy child suffering from depression. To avoid more and more teenagers getting bullied on the net, we must tackle this problem and find a solution. Teenagers nowadays are very mindful of what others say of them and believe whatever their friends tell them. Thus, on the net, they cannot take the insults from bullies as they believe it is true. This leads to low self-esteem. Their grades would drop as they cannot concentrate properly in class. Needless to say, their character would change a lot. I would urge parents to keep a closer eye on their children and interact with them more often so it would be harder for them to get bullied via the internet. Teenagers also need to not take insults seriously as most of them are fakes. They should just forget about the insults and take it as nothing happened and carry on with their own life.

Done By: Chiang Hai Jin(26)