Physical scars...

Are a thing of the past.
Over time, with much more social networks being created and widely used, no longer is bullying restricted to the playground. The bullying issue has expanded and spread like a virus among many of the social networks such as twitter, myspace, and lets not forget facebook, where victims of the bullying problem can not seem to find a break. It has turned into a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online bashing to humiliate another.

Here are some statistics of the online cyberbullying based on a survey from 2004 with 1,500 students in middle school:

• 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
• 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.
• 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages.
• 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once.
• 53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once.
• 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.

Although there are no physical signs of this type of bullying the damage done is no less real, and can be more painful.