Being an education major I am obviously biased but I believe that through education you can solve any problem. If we just make this issue more widely known and inspire parents everywhere to care about this issue then they will want their kids to care about the issue, thereby educating them on how wrong it is and what THEY can do to prevent it.
Also parents need to take it upon themselves to moniter their childrens' internet use to keep them safe and keep them from hurting others. In my personal experiance I have witnessed cyberbullying from both sides, I have stopped my brother from participating as well as stopping other from doing it to him. It scares me that if we do not watch out for what our kids are doing online that it could have serious consiquences. It is easy to get swept up in peer pressure and join in on something to seem cool, so if the popular kids are bullying someone it may be easier to join in.
One of the hardest things for our society to do is figure out what to do with the cyberbullies... there are few precedents for cyberbullying with results that lead to helping other prevent it, so when it comes time to get involved and stop it people get wound up in red tape. It is wrong that a school cannot step in and take action, and when it goes to court, certain courts do not know what to do because it is new, this is something our generation has regetably invented.
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