Bullying and Cyber Bullying are major issues in the world today, particularly in young people who are either in middle school or high school. Bullying happens at others stages in life, but it seems to be between ages 12 and 17 that kids have the worst problems with being bullied. It is truly tragic what happens to kids who are targeted by bullies. The definition of bullying is "unwanted words or physical actions that can make a person feel bad; includes physical violence, spreading rumors, social exclusion or isolation, manipulation, teasing, and threats." These terms only hint at the terrible actions of a bully and the impact they have on their victims. Teens who are bullied have to deal with misery nearly every day they are at school. They are harassed both at school and at home through their cellular phones and computers. Not enough parents are aware of what is going on and so the child will likely become depressed and try to harm themselves in order to escape their abuse. So many are going to extremes; they see that...

This is becoming an epidemic. Teens in both the United States and Canada have committed suicide as a direct result of being bullied or cyber bullied.
Schools have tried to make rules and certain states have made laws which try to help the bullying issue but so far it does not look to be making much progress in solving the problem. It seems to me that the only way this problem is going to get better is through more direct involvement by parents. Teens need to be able to tell their parents or teachers about what is going on. All too often the suicide of a child comes as a complete shock because the parent had no idea what was going on in their son or daughter's life. This is the same for the parents of bullies as well. Parents have no idea what their children are up to and when they are told about it by teachers, other students, or members of the school administration, they tend to ignore the warnings. They blame the teachers or the other…