In her poem she wrote “Another piece of me chiseled away
by their cruel remarks and perceptions. I give up.”
Mrs. Dix said in an article on CNN
that she decided to publish it to help people
understand the pain and suffering caused by
bullying and abuse on social media sites.
Rebecca Sedwick was to turn 13 this
past month. After enduring over 10 months
of stalking and haunting words such as “Kill
yourself,” “nobody likes you,” Rebecca wrote
I just can’t take it anymore and jumped to
her death.
After her death one of the girls wrote
“Yes IK I bullied Rebecca and she killed
herself, but IDGAF.” Wow, was my first
thought.
This is not just “mean girls,” this is the
aggressive emotional abuse of a child and we
must all stand against it. Many lives depend
on us.
We need to be motivated by loving and
kindness not nastiness and hate. Why is it so
hard for us to THINK before we text, type or
speak?
Do we like the drama have we become
accustomed to it? Do we think oh, well that
will never happen to me?
In an article recently posted on
nbcnews.com titled “Careful what you tweet:
Police, schools tap social media to track
behavior,” wrote beyond the feds, marketers
and cops, there is a growing customer base
for Internet-monitoring contractors who sift
through personal details readily available on
the Internet
Recently, some schools began enlisting
these services to follow students on social
media and monitor for cyberbullying and
eventually others will catch on.
If you don’t really start challenging
yourself, your family, your friends to THINK
where will it lead you? To a courtroom, to
losing a job, to losing friends? Don’t be a
bystander or a victim. Tape it on your wall,
wear a reminder to THINK before you
speak, text or type. Ask yourself is it True/
Helpful/Inspiring/Necessary/Kind and
when you can say yes to all those post and
send away.