Officials: Suicidal Teen Was Cyber-bullied

Amy Jung
Coach Zane
Digital Citizen B5
6 March 2014

According to the article, there has been several cases about teenagers committing suicide due to the struggle from cyber bullying. There was a 15 year old Freshman named Phoebe that moved to a new school from Ireland. She seemed to adjust to her new school life well, but no one knew that she was tormented from being a victim of cyber bullying. Her fellow students said that it was because she was pretty and everyone was jealous. Meline Kevorkian, the author of "101 Facts About Bullying" told CBS News, "Cyber-bullying can be so dangerous because it can lead to cyber-mobbing, which means kids can come together to attack another kid, 24 hours a day, seven days a week." (Officials) Phoebe's case wasn't the end. Another teenage girl, 13 year old Megan was being cyber bullied on MySpace.

Brittany Jordan, a 17-year-old cyber-bullying victim, appeared on "The Early Show." Tina Meier, the mother of Megan Meier, also appeared on the broadcast. Tina is the founder of the Megan Meier Foundation. Jordan said Prince's story reminds her of how close she came to killing herself. Cyber-bullying, she said, turned her into a "totally different person." Jordan said she thought suicide was the only option because she'd been put down so much. Tina said parents should have open communication with their kids and know what they're doing on the computer. She said it's important to know if your children have a Facebook and MySpace account, or both. Jordan said kids should "know that they are loved and that people care about them, and they can make it through this." Tina added it's OK for kids to reach out to other people and talk about what they're going through. (Officials)

Works Cited

"Officials: Suicidal Teen Was Cyber-bullied." Www.cbs.com. CBS, Jan.-Feb. 2010. Web. Mar.-Apr.                          2014.