Rehtaeh Parsons’ mother is publicly saying cyberbullying was the cause of her 17 year-old daughter’s death. The Nova Scotia teen had been hounded over the internet and in person ever since someone circulated a picture of her vomiting and, as she described it, being raped. Her mother is bitter that no charges were ever laid against the perpetrators. Now the police are going to review the case.
The mother of another teen who committed suicide after being similarly bullied has offered her support. Amanda Todd died last fall when she was 15.
Cyberbullying is one of the factors mentioned by UNICEF in ranking Canada below average for the wellbeing of its children. Watch this site for my upcoming interview with the president of UNICEF Canada. (ld)
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