Cyber Bullying

I've just had my first encounter with cyber bullying with my daughter.  Normally I think Cyber bullying isn't that big of a deal, but I realized, just now, that it kind of is.  I thought, ok, close your account, change your email or just don't respond.  But when people post stuff on boards on things like Facebook - it is out there, and you can't take it back.  You can reply, you can defend yourself, but it will always be there for you to see, for the whole world to see.

I am so mad right now that I am literally shaking.  I don't know if I should stick my head into it, but I guess it's too late, because I already did.  You know when you were little and your Mom or Dad stuck their nose into stuff like that, they embarrassed the hell out of you and sometimes made it worse.  Well I wrote some stuff on my daughter's page, with her sitting beside me, and I didn't hit the enter key, she did.  I hope I didn't make it worse, but if I ever see the kid that said these things, you will have to hold me back from strangling him.  I don't care if it was a "joke", that kind of stuff isn't funny.  Kids like that are such a$$holes, I'd like to have a talk with their parents and see if they know what their kid is up to, and if they even care.

I am not overprotective, I think, but I do watch what my kids do. I see them at school, I know their friends.  If they do something that I think is not ok, I will hear about it.  I CARE about my kids and what they do.  What kind of impression they are making on the world and don't think that I won't kick their a$$es if they are not acting appropriately.

This goes back (AGAIN) to the parents.  Where the hell are they?  Do they even care about the offspring that they let lose into the world?  Well I do, my kids will grow up to be responsible, intelligent, kind, caring, polite, helpful adults that will make the world a better place no matter what they do.  I love my kids and refuse to raise a bunch of (pardon my french) little assholes.

Those other parents, well, have fun visiting your kids in jail.