Cyber Bullying

Based on wikipedia bullying is the use of force or threat to abuse and

intimidate others.This activity can be an habitual activity and involve an imbalance
of social power and physical power, which distinguishes bullying from conflict.
There are many types of bullying start from emosional bullying,verbal
bullying,physical bullying, and cyber bullying. Well, ladies and gentleman what do
you think the most harmful bullying? Cyber, it used to be cyber. Because many
individuals reported that cyber bullying can be more harmful than traditional
bullying. Well, cyber is a form of bullying that happen in social media . Cyber is
used by many teenagers,because it has become increasingly common,especially
among teenagers. They go everywhere and averytime with cyber in their hand.
Because of this, the bullied just just sit behind computer screen and they do what
they want it to do, even it’s a bad thing and no one will catch them. Usually they use
Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, but children who have sophisticated achievement in
technology and computer will use the other way. Sometimes they create web sitesm
or blog to share the hate speeches of the victim, and they can steal victim’s social
media password to post something rude about the victim.
According to global survey,which held by Lattitude News in 2006 Indonesia
is a country with bullying cases the second highest in the world after Japan.
Ironically, the case of bullying in our country a lot more done in social media.
Central statistics recorded in 2006, the number of cyber bullying that happened up
to 25 million casesstarting from the light case and weighning cases. About 74% of
respondents mention that facebook as a media to do cyber bullying, and 44% said
the other sites. Some statistics show that about 42% of children having cyber
bulying, 35% of them was threatened in online, 50% of children admitted that they
often facing harrassment and insults online. Also 35% of them admitted that they
don’t reported to their parents about cyber bullying they are facing.
Most of people don’t realize how big a problem of this is. Bullying is so
common in our lives that we don’t even realize that it is happening when it does.
We believe it to be something normal everyday, when it is not. Everytime it
happens, adults said “ they are kids,they will get over it” And “ it builds character
and makes them stronger. They can deal with it”. But, when in reality it breaks us
and rips us apart. Why should people give in to bullies? Why do we have to let them
hurt and harrass us physically and emotionally? Is it because we are different?
Because we are not normal? What makes us different from the rest of them? What is
normal?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, telling someone that tyey are fat doesn’t make
you skinnier. Telling someone thay they are stupid doesn’t make you any smarter.
Telling someone to die definitely doen’t make you better than them. It takes a
second to say these thing but a lifetime for someone to get over it. We need to start
standing up to those who believe they can walk all over us and do wharever they
want to us. We are human being just like them. No matter if your skin color is
different, if your religious beliefs are different, if you are gay,bisexual, bisexual,or
transgendered. If you like reading and doing doing school homework than going to
hangout with your friends everyday. It’s okay guys! We are all different, and that’s
what makes life exciting.
Though bullying in social media has become unfortunately common, these
are some ways that kids and parents can help prevent or stop cyber bullying. Parents
and adults can :
Explain to kids what cyber bullying is, why it is dangerous? Why it
is wrong? And what will happen if the kids engage in cyber bullying,
and enforce the consequencew if the rules are broken.
Help kids to be internet safety. They should know especially that
they can’t trust a person in online.
Let kids know that no one deserves to be bullied,and if they are ever
be the victim reassure them that it is not their fault that they were
bullied.
Kids who are victims of cyber bullying and their parents may not know how
react. In some cases it depends on what has occured, but these general suggestions
may help:
Don’t punish kids for being the victim.
Encourage kids not to retaliate against cyber bullies.
When cyver bullying occurs,it is a good idea to document it.
It may be possible to block messages from the cyber bully or to get a
new email address or new phone number.
Parents can contact the bully’s cell phone provider or the host of the
bully’s email account or website to report the cyber bullying.
We can conclude that bullying is a serious matter, whether we like it or not.
Parents need to come to the realizations that bullying is probably in child’s
life,whether it be as a victim, a bully or a bystander.