In our society today almost everyone wants to be known for something, even if it’s for having the best personality or the coolest hair, and it’s simply a sad truth we all face that some of us will be forgotten in history.  It’s a sadder truth that some people just want to bring others down.
       I personally have been cyberbullied, and the truth is that it can happen to anyone a million times a day while using the Internet.  However, people can decide to reply to it or not and we all have the ability to turn off the computer and walk away from the situation.  
      Ever since I was six, I was told that the Internet is a dangerous place and those who don’t believe me can look for themselves. There are people on there solely to make others sad just like there are in our communities, schools, and even churches. They spread hateful comments, racial slurs, and insults but it’s every person’s individual choice to react to them or not because all of these people are on the Internet as well.
      Those who aren’t educated about the dangers of the internet are doomed to their own fate of what they make of what others say to or about them.  The younger you are, the more dangerous these ramifications can be.  
      The role of educating young people on the dangers of the Internet should fall on parents and guardians.  With younger and younger kids carrying around electronics, this vital conversation needs to happen as early as possible.  
      Parents should care about educating their kids about Internet safety, with the hopes that a decline in cyberbullying will also occur.
      Everyone on the Internet is entitled to say whatever they want to say by account of the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, and that means that others can say whatever mean comments or hurtful messages they want.  We all have the choice to listen or to log off.