The kids still go to school, so I would hesitate to equate turning a device off with "isolation". Turning off Facebook isn't the same as turning off your friends, and blacklisting is a better alternative to constantly reading everything everyone says about you until you get clinical depression.
And that idea of there being no options in the cyber-bullying situation is exactly where this problem comes from. There IS a safe place, it's just that no one goes there.
The only reason I'm not saying one or the other is more damaging is because I'm censoring myself.
So what exactly gives them any place to belong if all avenues are closed? What do you suggest they do? Sit in their rooms alone until they reach adulthood?
There are more avenues than just school and social media. Go outside and talk to people around the neighborhood, make friends on other websites, have fun with relatives, etc. If they don't know anybody, they aren't receiving any texts and Facebook is useless.
People who think cyberbullying is actually serious.
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The kids still go to school, so I would hesitate to equate turning a device off with "isolation". Turning off Facebook isn't the same as turning off your friends, and blacklisting is a better alternative to constantly reading everything everyone says about you until you get clinical depression.
And that idea of there being no options in the cyber-bullying situation is exactly where this problem comes from. There IS a safe place, it's just that no one goes there.
The only reason I'm not saying one or the other is more damaging is because I'm censoring myself.
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Yes, they still go to school. Where they are bullied. And isolated. Did you forget that minor detail?
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Stop throwing around the word "isolated" haphazardly. If they're isolated at school, then where is the harm is disabling their social media?
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So what exactly gives them any place to belong if all avenues are closed? What do you suggest they do? Sit in their rooms alone until they reach adulthood?
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There are more avenues than just school and social media. Go outside and talk to people around the neighborhood, make friends on other websites, have fun with relatives, etc. If they don't know anybody, they aren't receiving any texts and Facebook is useless.