It's obvious that cyber bullying has become a huge problem in today's society. Definite action needs to be taken, but the obvious question is what? Punishing the bullies makes sense but hasn't been effective in containing the problem, sheltering kids from being online and keeping them blind from the problem won't be effective in the long term, and those are really the only two actions that have taken place to solve the problem. There has to be another idea out there, something that will be effective in containing and eventually resolving this issue.
The main response, which has not really been effective, is to punish the bullies. But it's been shown that these bullies possess some sort of mental issue and that is why punishment will not stop them from bullying. A better option would be to use counseling and testing to figure out what is causing this person to bully and try to address the situation accordingly. I feel like you would have a better chance of preventing future bullying issues with psychology instead of punishment.
Another proposed solution has been to keep teenagers off the internet completely. This responsibility would obviously lie with the parent or guardian of the teenager. While doing this may prevent issues in the short term, it doesn't provide much protection for the teenager once they become old enough to think and act or themselves and/or rebel against their parent or guardian. Blinding the kids from reality is definitely not the best move.
In my opinion, the best course of action is one that has already started, and that is to simply raise awareness of the issue and what is does both physically and psychologically to the victims. More stories like Amanda Todd's will unfortunately still have to be told but it's definitely a start. This combined with psychological inquiries about the bullies I think make a great combination to what will hopefully be the eventual resolution of this issue.
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