Principal to parents: Take kids off Facebook

[News Bot]

In a move likely to earn him few Facebook friend requests from tweens, a New Jersey middle school principal is calling for parents to yank their children from all social-networking sites.


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[Weird_guy_3000]

He seems like a moron.
He's most likely jealous that he has no myspace/facebook friends, and others do.
Just because he's a princable he has to be douche.

[Bman]

Bull shit

Hes just wanting people to take there kids off these sites because of the "psychological responsibilities"

I honestly think this guy is a crackpot just trying to get some attention.

[Chad]

Wish Parents would understand that they are doing more damage if they take there kids off of something that they don't even under stand them selves.

Just because ONE person said it was BAD because they did something they deserved doesn't mean they should ruin it for everyone else.

[Slowpoke]

Cyber bullying is just an excuse for some pussy to hide behind a computer and act tough on the interwebz. But it actaully means nothing to anyone on the interwebz. Or for a smartass to get his kicks and laughs

[Slowpoke]

It said middle school principle.

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Well played..... but I have the power of the edit button!

[C0FFINCASE]

While I see where he's coming from, or at least thinks he's coming from he fails to see what most people fail to see. Fact is children grow up faster now. Kids are dating and having sex as soon as physically possible, joining gangs, doing drugs, and a thousand other things and this guy is worried about someone posting " X is a slut" on the internet. First of he doesn't understand the internet, second he doesn't understand youth culture, and finally he fails to understand where children really are at.
Also coddling and shielding children from the world at 13 on is stupid and foolish. It only sets them up to face extreme culture shock and have trouble dealing with thing in the real world, assuming that they are able to deal with the fake little world they'll fall into come high school. Best let them take a few hits now and develop a tolerance.

In regards to the suicidal: They are mentally flawed from the start. Something about them has left them unable to deal. The healthy human mind will not acknowledge suicide as an option. In the end you can't blame any one for their choice to kill themselves. I'd bet there are few cases if any that have the one who kills them self doing it after the first encounter. This means they came back for more and/or chose not to make use of the tool and protocols in place that let you deal with people you don't want to have contact with.

[Chad]

We are people on the other side of the screen. The reason we are so vicious online is we don't have to see their emotions, their faces, what it does to them. I don't really care what people say, if you can't handle it, you can't handle it. We all have feelings, when you are a teenager you aren't as likely to handle bullying as well as when you're older. Sure you can block them, and report it. But it will only make them attack even harder. Cyberbullying is serious.

*Grave Digs*

That's why people that commit suicide over what some fag said over the internet is stupid. It's why Programmers created the IGNORE button. You can decide to sit and listen to shit thats probably not even true, click the ignore button, or dig some shit up on them and post it all over (Phone numbers, house address, IP, etc etc). If parents take away computer there basically taking away the kids education, jobs, etc. Most jobs usually use computers. Colleges use computers. At home, you'll probably use your computer to pay bills, check important emails, get your work schedule etc etc. How are you going to do all of this without knowing how to even use a computer. Yea, great idea as well to not teach children about Phishers, Hackers, and sites that'll just plain rip off your money. Real smart.