Tag: digital bullying

Is Cyberbullying Due to the Slowing Maturity of College Students?

Is Cyberbullying Due to Delayed Brain Maturity?

An article titled “People Mature Slower in College, Causing Cyber Bullying” from PurdueExponent.org recently caught our attention on Twitter. The article says: “According to the director of cyber forensics, one reason college students engage in cyberbullying via Twitter profiles or memes, is because society and higher education have slowed the maturation process.” “. . . …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://bullyingepidemic.com/is-cyberbullying-due-to-the-slowing-maturity-of-college-students/

What is Cyberbullying?

When I was growing up, bullying was up close and personal, always face-to-face. For kids, most school bullying happened on the playground. Looking back, I can see that a lot of what we tolerated as “boys being boys,” cliques, and girls shunning other girls was actually bullying, and I was bullied regularly by bigger kids …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://bullyingepidemic.com/what-is-cyber-bullying/