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Monday, January 28, 2008
Threating others over the Internet
We have heard a lot about cyberbullying over the past few years. Should the parents of underage students be held liable for their children's cyberbullying behavior while they are using the internet via email or facebook?
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I believe that yes parents should be responsible for some of their children's actions on the internet. They should be monitoring what their children do to a certain extent and teaching them the right way to use the internet. They should be teaching them not to use the internet to harm people but to use it as it was meant to be used. They should not be sitting there watching their child's every action though. So the parent should teach their child how to use the internet, monitor a little, and hope they taught them good enough so they're not abusing the privilege.
No i dont think parents should be held responsible for having stupid children....Actually, yes, maybe they should , at least a little bit. However, kids know better than to cyber bully. Parents shouldnt have to keep track of what their child is doing everytime they get on the computer.
I absolutely agree with Cassie. There is only so much a parent can do to monitor their children on the internet. We can't expect them to be watching their child's every move but we should expect them to teach them the right way to use the internet. So yes a parent should be responsible for some of their child's actions on the internet.
Parents should be held responsible for their child's cyber bullying. But the child should receive punishment also. I think it all depends on the age of the child. I would say that if they are old enough to have a drivers license, then they should be held a responsible for their own actions but anything under that parents should be responsible for monitoring what their child is doing on the internet.
I think that parents should watch what there kids are doing on the internet. Its not right just to leave them do whatever they want. Cause if parents are not watching what their kids are doing then they are doing something bad or getting cyber bullying and something might bad happen.
No, I don't think parents should be held responsible, unless you want to blame them for trusting their children. Kids will always say, "I was just kidding! I didn't mean it! I loooove LaQueesha!" Parents can only do so much when it comes to kids and the Internet, and I'm sure the average parent would lay down the law and tell their kids to treat others with respect and don't say words to others that they wouldn't want said back.
yes, parents should be held responsible if they know that there child is cyberbullying. But if the parents don't know and the child gets caught they should be put juvenal detention for a mouth or what ever the judge feels like is necessary.
Well honestly you are responsable for your own actions. But on the other hand parents should have raised their kids to know that it is not okay. I realize parents don't have the time to follow their kids every move but at least try to pay attention. So I think the parents are responsable to a certain extent.
I think if the kid is stupid enough to bully others he deserves all the blame. Parents can monitor and teach the kids what is right and wrong but it doesnt mean the kid will listen and abide by the rules. If the kid bullies and gets caught it's that kids problem and maybe he/she shouldnt have been a jerk.
I feel that it is the parents job to teach the kids right from wrong at a very early age, if the parents dont feel that their child knows the difference, then they shouldnt be online. However, by a certain age... everything that the parent taught you when you were six either stuck or it didnt.. and the parents are going to have to accept that their child MAY NOT LISTEN 100% of the time. Ya do the best you can, and then it is solely up to the kid after that.
Ya, if there was maybe parents would watch there kids better than what they are now,because the internet is used to look stuff up and look at pictures that you want to.
i think it would be nearly impossible for parents to monitor their kids online activity constantly, especially while at school and with friends. i think the that best thing parents can do is talk to their kids about online bullying and hope it gets through to them like anything else
I think that the parents are only at fault is if they know whats going on. But if they dont know that its happening they should not be blamed for what there children do. You cant watch them all the time. You can teach them right from wrong but it dont matter if they want to bully someone they are going to. So the kid should be punished and not the parents.
I think parents shouldn't control their children on the internet. Those people are old enough to decide if threating over the internet is wrong or right. They would do it somehow anyways, it doesn't matter if the parents are having control or not. Though to know what is going on and not doing anything, is not the right thing either. Then they should talk to the child. If the parents don't do that, they are just bad parents.
I don't thinks that parents should be responsible for thier children's actions. I mean we are old enough to take responsibilities for our owns actions. Parents should teach their children what it's wrong and what is right.
Parents should be responsible enough to know what they kids are doing on the internet. They should also teach their kids about internet safety because they cant watch their every move.
I dont think that parents should be held responsible for what their kids say on the computer. My parents dont even really know how to use a computer so they dont really have any control over what i do on the internet. Plus kids should be able to know the difference between right and wrong on the computer just the same as in any other aspect of life.
21 comments:
I believe that yes parents should be responsible for some of their children's actions on the internet. They should be monitoring what their children do to a certain extent and teaching them the right way to use the internet. They should be teaching them not to use the internet to harm people but to use it as it was meant to be used. They should not be sitting there watching their child's every action though. So the parent should teach their child how to use the internet, monitor a little, and hope they taught them good enough so they're not abusing the privilege.
No i dont think parents should be held responsible for having stupid children....Actually, yes, maybe they should , at least a little bit. However, kids know better than to cyber bully. Parents shouldnt have to keep track of what their child is doing everytime they get on the computer.
I absolutely agree with Cassie. There is only so much a parent can do to monitor their children on the internet. We can't expect them to be watching their child's every move but we should expect them to teach them the right way to use the internet. So yes a parent should be responsible for some of their child's actions on the internet.
Parents should be held responsible for their child's cyber bullying. But the child should receive punishment also. I think it all depends on the age of the child. I would say that if they are old enough to have a drivers license, then they should be held a responsible for their own actions but anything under that parents should be responsible for monitoring what their child is doing on the internet.
I think that parents should watch what there kids are doing on the internet. Its not right just to leave them do whatever they want. Cause if parents are not watching what their kids are doing then they are doing something bad or getting cyber bullying and something might bad happen.
No, I don't think parents should be held responsible, unless you want to blame them for trusting their children. Kids will always say, "I was just kidding! I didn't mean it! I loooove LaQueesha!" Parents can only do so much when it comes to kids and the Internet, and I'm sure the average parent would lay down the law and tell their kids to treat others with respect and don't say words to others that they wouldn't want said back.
yes, parents should be held responsible if they know that there child is cyberbullying. But if the parents don't know and the child gets caught they should be put juvenal detention for a mouth or what ever the judge feels like is necessary.
Well honestly you are responsable for your own actions. But on the other hand parents should have raised their kids to know that it is not okay. I realize parents don't have the time to follow their kids every move but at least try to pay attention. So I think the parents are responsable to a certain extent.
I think parents shouldn't get computers while they have young kids. Because you don't know what they will say to others or log into bad things.
I think if the kid is stupid enough to bully others he deserves all the blame. Parents can monitor and teach the kids what is right and wrong but it doesnt mean the kid will listen and abide by the rules. If the kid bullies and gets caught it's that kids problem and maybe he/she shouldnt have been a jerk.
I feel that it is the parents job to teach the kids right from wrong at a very early age, if the parents dont feel that their child knows the difference, then they shouldnt be online. However, by a certain age... everything that the parent taught you when you were six either stuck or it didnt.. and the parents are going to have to accept that their child MAY NOT LISTEN 100% of the time. Ya do the best you can, and then it is solely up to the kid after that.
I feel that if the parents know about it, then they should be responsible. But if they don't know about it, then they shouldn't be responsible.
Ya, if there was maybe parents would watch there kids better than what they are now,because the internet is used to look stuff up and look at pictures that you want to.
i think it would be nearly impossible for parents to monitor their kids online activity constantly, especially while at school and with friends. i think the that best thing parents can do is talk to their kids about online bullying and hope it gets through to them like anything else
I think that the parents are only at fault is if they know whats going on. But if they dont know that its happening they should not be blamed for what there children do. You cant watch them all the time. You can teach them right from wrong but it dont matter if they want to bully someone they are going to. So the kid should be punished and not the parents.
I think parents shouldn't control their children on the internet. Those people are old enough to decide if threating over the internet is wrong or right. They would do it somehow anyways, it doesn't matter if the parents are having control or not. Though to know what is going on and not doing anything, is not the right thing either. Then they should talk to the child. If the parents don't do that, they are just bad parents.
I don't thinks that parents should be responsible for thier children's actions. I mean we are old enough to take responsibilities for our owns actions. Parents should teach their children what it's wrong and what is right.
Parents should be responsible enough to know what they kids are doing on the internet. They should also teach their kids about internet safety because they cant watch their every move.
I dont think that parents should be held responsible for what their kids say on the computer. My parents dont even really know how to use a computer so they dont really have any control over what i do on the internet. Plus kids should be able to know the difference between right and wrong on the computer just the same as in any other aspect of life.
no the parents shouldnt be responsible for there stupid kids mistakes. they cannot watch there kids every second of the day
i dont think it really matters
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