tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post3876362649991317631..comments2024-03-28T10:37:38.851-11:00Comments on Intelliblog: CYBER-BULLYING AND SUICIDEIntellibloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-35301659495419503722009-07-25T00:48:27.362-11:002009-07-25T00:48:27.362-11:00We had a criminal case here in the United States w...We had a criminal case here in the United States where the mother of one girl put up a false identity on Facebook of a young boy and lured her daughter's competitor into an internet relationship which she then used to convince the girl of her unsuitability to live. She committed suicide. The mother pretending to be a "suitor" got off Scot free.<br /><br />The early teen years are a period when we are forming opinions of our identity related to inclusion in a peer group (belonging to the herd as it were). Kids are most susceptible to the influence of gangs or teams or cliques. Many US schools have taken team sports out of the "middle schools" and gang membership has risen to replace the need for kids of this age to "belong."<br /><br />Belonging can lead to suicide epidemics in schools.JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-12130474012134623542009-07-23T11:04:59.511-11:002009-07-23T11:04:59.511-11:00What a terrible thing! I think the police must vis...What a terrible thing! I think the police must visit the school not counselors! Something is sooooo wrong there!<br />Poor girl!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13969764234193384841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-83733269768371371052009-07-23T10:55:09.463-11:002009-07-23T10:55:09.463-11:00The situation I think is much more complex, althou...The situation I think is much more complex, although the psychological state of the girl would have made her more vulnerable to the cyber-bullying. The really sad thing is the family may never know the full story.<br /><br />I agree with Ann about the b/s of the counseling. These psychologists and counselors that come of the woodwork in the aftermath of a tragedy are like carrion birds. Whatever happened to friends and family supporting each other when times are tough? In the past people dealt with much more tragedy and had less "psychological trauma".Penthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226869141298079186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-52613858905082258132009-07-22T23:57:57.296-11:002009-07-22T23:57:57.296-11:00"But down these mean streets a man must go wh...<b>"But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid." </b>(The Simple Art Of Murder, <br />Raymond Chandler, 1944)Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-39198359387002209922009-07-22T23:52:02.783-11:002009-07-22T23:52:02.783-11:00the mother is dazed and grief stricken, so of cour...the mother is dazed and grief stricken, so of course her statement is incorrect and illogical.<br />we all always blame the thing we dont understand.<br /><br />Nobody would be cruel enough to suggest:<br />if the parents had not left the girl alone at home ...<br />if the information that the classmates were going to reveal online had not been made available to them ...<br />IF the school had taken a hard line after any one of the previous suicides at that school ... etc.<br /><br />The part of this news that really gave me the irrits was the statement that everybody at the school was getting counselling.<br />FFS.<br />You could bet the ranch that everybody at that bogan school knows who threatened to do what, and some of them need a good thrashing.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.com