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toc My whole life I’ve always heard to enjoy my youth, take advantage of the time while you are young and make a solid foundation for your adulthood. Never did any adult in my life tell me to do drugs, have sex and go to parties. My friends did all of that for me, the clique I included myself in, the people I grew fond of and surrounded myself with all influenced me into that direction. Growing up I never learned about them, how to deal with friends or how to choose the best ones for #|my future not knowing how big of an impact they would have on my life. I never took a __#|class__ on how to grow up, so each day was a different lesson. I do believe I should take advantage of my youth but those who are lost in social acceptance don’t have the same luxury. The movie Cyberbully helps us to see what Taylor Hillridge goes through in her every day life and what she deals with and how she is cyber bullied.

In the early stages of adolescence we spend the majority of our time subconsciously finding who we are and where we fit in with society, or our true #|identity. At the same time we also undergo puberty and body growth, our prefrontal cortex (Lifespan Development 275) is growing so we learn how to make decisions of our own, and we discover this new world that we call sex. So to revert back to my first statement yes I would like to enjoy my youth but this is also the hardest times to do so. To drop an even heavier load on all the chaos of our first years as a young adult, bullying suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people (makebeatsnotbeatdowns.org), resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year (CDC). For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it. This is what the message of the movie “Cyber bully” was trying to get across. His intent on showing us these issues were to show the severity of any form of bullying, to show the effects of all parties of who are involved with the act of bullying.

The victim in this movie was an innocent girl who did nothing to deserve that kind of treatment, relaying to the viewers that bullying could happen to anyone. Another part of the message is to #|prevent bullying, giving you a view from every angle. It lets the viewers see both sides of bullying. In this movie you see how the development of strong relationships with peers and parents are crucial for a support group. The movie also portrayed how bullying affects one’s self-esteem and post conventional morality (Lifespan Development 316) and the negative effects of how someone handles that kind of treatment. When put into a scientific point of view, the textbook explains it perfectly how individual traits of teenagers may contribute to conflicts with their parents (Lifespan Development 322-23).  In the movie Taylor, the victim, did not have a close relationship with her father because of her parents separation. It seemed like the dad favored the son more and did not call Taylor as much ( Cyberbully13:52, 25:51). Having a younger brother and fighting with him all the time also caused friction in the house leaving their mom to deal with it ( Cyberbully 14:20-18). In the text book it states “But virtually all the researchers who have explored this question, whether or not a teenagers bond with his or her parents may weaken somewhat in the middle of adolescence (ages 15 and 16), find that a teenager’s sense of well-being or happiness is more strongly correlated with the quality of her __#|attachment__ to her parents than the quality of her relationships with peers” (Lifespan Development 323). Clearly portrayed in the movie her happiness didn’t come from her parents. Also depicted in the movie, you see how her peers influenced her and were influenced because of her ( Cyberbully 29:10-30). You see her friends distance themselves away from Taylor because affiliating with her they were casted into the same stereotype, “the skank patrol”. One of the friends had ability goals and refused to let other people see her as that kind of person which left Taylor more alone and a heavier deal of guilt, later causing an identity crisis when Taylor attempts suicide ( Cyberbully47:05). The textbook explain better of how imperative friendship is in early adolescent than a peer group (Lifespan Development 324-25). Finding friendships as a young teen often are chosen by who is committed to the same activities as those around them (Lifespan Development 324). But later on in high school, as related in this move, you start to see cliques form and friendships based of crowds that people are familiar with.Critics say that the movie started out kind of corny then midway through had high energy and led to excellent ways to relate to each character. I honestly think the movie was great and a really good example of how real bullying or cyber bullying can be ( www.fandango.com ). I thought how the producer showed everyone’s view and how they were all affected by one case of bullying was perfect. It really makes you think deeply about how others can interpret someone else’s words and take it close to heart.All that was used were words and it changed someone’s life so greatly and pushed them into a place when they thought they had no more options.

<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">I feel like we need to take into consideration more often how our words can impact someone’s life and use that opportunity to change for the better. The movie Cyberbully helps to show that cyberbullying is a real thing and it <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,lucida grande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;">happens <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> to real people. Hopefully after seeing this movie we as people can put a stop to cyberbullying/ bullying.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Bee, Helen L., and Denise Roberts. Boyd. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Lifespan Development //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Boston: [|Allyn and Bacon] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">, 2002. Print. //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Cyberbully //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Dir. Charles Biname. Perf. Emily Osmet. 2011. Netflix. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"CyberbullySynopsis." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Fandango //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2013. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;"><range type="comment" id="420862582_1">"AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0','width','537','height','51','src','text72','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','bgcolor','#FFFFFF','movie','text72' );// end AC Code The Numbers Continue to Rise Every Month..." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Bully Facts & Statistics //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Apr. 2013</range id="420862582_1">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Youth Violence." //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention //<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 18 Oct. 2012. Web. 07 Apr. 2013.

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