POINT/COUNTERPOINT
Yes Technology has created a way for children to harass and bully each other in damaging and
inescapable ways. Whether cyberbullying takes place
on or off school grounds, it is clear that it greatly affects the school environment. That means that the
individuals associated with the school cannot ignore
it. In fact, to deal effectively with this problem, all educational stakeholders—teachers and administrators
as well as parents and the students themselves—must
work together, because if one group is not on board,
then cyberbullying will continue to be pervasive in
the culture of teenagers.
Teachers. Teachers of all grade levels need to learn
what cyberbullying is and
address it. They need to lis-
ten to students who come to
them to report cyberbully-
ing. They need to know the
rules and laws in place as
well as the kinds of resources
that are available to help
victims. And they need to be
Renee Bogacz
Considering the role of schools in
society, they clearly cannot be held responsible
for cyberbullying. So many schools today are full
of children with serious behavioral problems that
did not begin in, and cannot be solved in, the
classroom. This is not the fault only of parents,
but also of society, because we have ceased to se-
riously support the family as an institution. The
high number of bullying cases is a consequence
of the weakening of the family, and that cannot
be the responsibility of schools.
The elements that are necessary to prevent a
child from becoming the offender in bullying
come from the root, the basic starting point in
education, which is love.
Children who have been
taken care of from the be-
ginning of their lives with
parental love already have
the vaccine against bullying.
Some children bully others
because they lack this very
basic ingredient that should
No
Miguel Gómez Gordillo
