Cyberbullying - a real and present danger

Teenagers and the Internet. I've long contended that the dangers we grownups worry about (and legislate for) are NOT the dangers we actually need be so concerned with. Okay, so online pornography is easy for teens to get to. Filtering software can deal with blocking it, sort of. But is pornography the real problem here? An article ("You Wanna Take This Online?") on page 52 of the August 8 issue of Time Magazine reports on research that highlights the dangers I think we should be freaking out about big time. Clemson University researchers have been studying cyberbullying. One of the most alarming findings is that cyberbullying follows a gender pattern that differs from off-line bullying. In person, boys are the primary perpetrators as well as the victims. Online, it's a girls' nightmare world. The story has been picked up by other news outlets as well. I look forward to reading a more in-depth report.