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An explanation on why Cyber bulling should not be permissible.

Cyber bullying has become a bigger social issue in the past few years with all advance in technology. It has been used in scientific literature to refer to behavior that is aggressive, that is carried out repeatedly over a period of time and occurs in an interpersonal relationship where a power in balance exist. Cyber bullying or Cyber harassment is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic means. Statistics have shown that half of adolescents and teens have been bullied and about the same number has engaged in cyber-bullying. More than 1 in 3 young people have experienced cyber threats online.

Bullies usually have a story behind them bullying other it might be that they grew in an unfair environment and did not have a proper childhood so they therefore grow with a bitter heart full of hatred. Children and youth who do bullying are also more to be depressed, engage in high risk activities such as theft and vandalism and have adverse outcome later in life compared to those who are not bullying. Shariff said approximately 4400 death from suicide each year are caused by cyber bullying. Shariff, S. (2008). Sometimes, online bullying, like other kinds of bullying, can lead to serious long lasting problems. People that are involved in being bullied online goes through some emotional suffering which can lead to killing themselves in addition to what Rivara, F. (2016) suggest that individuals who bully and who are also bullied by others are especially at risk for suicidal behavior due to increased mental health problems which means they are more likely to commit suicide. Moreover cyber bullying place an individual in reasonable fear of harm to person or property, the stress of being in a constant state of upset or fear can lead to problems with mood, energy level, sleep, and appetite. For students, they also deal with low self-esteem, experience physical symptoms and struggle academically similarly to what Rivara, F (2016) “The long term effects of cyber bullying can be difficult it can be anxiety on feeling unexpected, isolated, anger”. Cyber bullying can be practiced in different ways. For instance, by writing mean text messages, spreading rumours on networking site, sending embarrassing pictures, or videos and creating fake profiles

Not responding or retaliating is one of the solutions to cyber bullying because sometimes a reaction is exactly what aggressors are looking for because it gives them the power over you, and you do not want to empower a bully. As for retaliating, getting back to a bully turns you into one. Save the evidence, the only good news about bullying online or phone is that it can usually be captured, saved and shown to someone who can help. You can save that evidence in case things escalate. Use available technology tools, most social media apps and services allows you to block the person. Whether the harassments in an app texting, comments or tagged photos, do yourself a favor and block the person. You can also report the problem to the service.

To conclude cyber bullying are the reason why most teenagers are having psychological and physical effects for the past years and this effects can be  sleepless nights torture or headaches and this sometimes lead to suicidal thoughts therefore one should find a way to get help it can be talking to someone that you trust.

Reference list Shariff, S. (2008). Cyber-bullying. USA: Taylor & Francis library.

Rivara, F, & Le Menesred, S. (2016). Preventing bullying through science, policy, and practice .Washington, DC: The national Academies press.