Currently, teenagers around the world are being told that cyberbullying is now the new form of cruelty.

Ever since earlier social networks came to the Internet, such as MySpace and Twitter, cyberbulling has been an enormous topic that’s made it’s way into school rules and regulations.

Although I have no statistics to prove anything, I can honestly claim that I have never encountered somebody who has went through a harmful cyberbullying experience. I have never participated in one, nor have I ever witnessed one on social media (that is not aimed towards a celebrity).

In my own opinion, I feel that cyberbullying is overrated. Cyberbullying is a problem that can be very easily avoided. All you simply have to do is log out of the social network or shut down your phone. In texting instances, you can block numbers easily online or on certain smart phones.

As for inappropriate photos, I feel that instead of teaching others what not to do in a way of restricting their freedom, we should be teaching the people what not to forward. Adults work on teaching kids to not send photos when the real way to solve the problem is to teach students not to forward things they simply do not have complete authority over. It’s simple logic; you wouldn’t tell someone to not dress a way in the risk of being violated, you would just easily teach others to not violate (Oh, wait).

Cyberbullying is a topic that should be talked about, but in a different way. Much less, for one part, and from a different point of view, for another.