Cyberbullying

Reading both sides od this arguemnt left me more confused than it explained. I agree with my classmates when they say that the definition the book gave was way too vague and didnt narrow anything down. 'To offend' someone could be anything. Coming from a prelaw and womens gender studies background, its practically impossible to use that definition to represent or defend anyone in the court of law in the case that suicide does happen. We have probably all seen the multiple stories about kids that have committed suicide from things said or posted about them on facebook, and thats a devistating reality. A majority of all people have facebook these days and its a huge online community and thats where a lot of the cyberbullying is taking place. I remember when I was in grade school the huge concern was chat rooms and how predators are getting to kids through the internet. Now cyberbullying is the huge concern. Its a scary reality we have to face because we dont see the people on the other side of the screen and I dont see it changing within the next couple years. This is a huge problem that all kids have to deal with. Back in the day, I only had to face being bullied at school and when I was around the kids I had to deal with. But I dont know if there is a time when kids these days can get away from cyberbullying when they live on facebook and twitter and all the other social networking sites out there.

Is there a way that kids these days can avoid being cyberbullied with all the time that they spend on the internet? Or do you think that being bullied in general is just a part of growing up?