TEENS DEATH HIGHLIGHT CYBER BULLYING TREND

Teens death highlight cyber bullying trend
 

A Melbourne mother has blamed her 14-year-old daughter's suicide on the internet and the tragic case has highlighted the problem of cyber bullying among young people.

In Australia, study shows that 10 per cent of teenagers and children have experienced some form of sustained bullying using technology.Cyber bullying has very tragic consequences. Mother Karen Rae says,

"Friday night she was on the internet and told me about some message that had come through, and she wanted to die because of the message."

"I laid in bed with her in my bed and we discussed it for about an hour and she left me fairly happy. I can guarantee you if she didn't go on the internet Friday night she'd be alive today."
The girls death has bought pain to her family. Her parents are devastrated and wants proper laws against cyber bullying.