I heard this story a few days ago. Basically there were these two girls who were once friends. Then this one girl started being mean to this other girl. So the parents of the girl who was being bullied created this fake myspace account with pictures & everything saying that they were a thirteen year old boy. This "boy" and the girl who was bulling the other started dating online. then, the boy began harassing her, teasing her ect. Well, the girl originally bullying the other commited suicide.
Do you think the parents should be held responsible for her death? Or did they even do anything illeagal. this is such a tragic story & I'm sure alot of debate will emerge from it.
I was curious to hear what people think should be done to these parents.
2007-11-16 16:14:23 · 38 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
as far as sources go, I don't have any specific ones.
I heard it on FOX news & then again on the radio.
2007-11-16 16:25:39 · update #1
Hey, suicide was her choice. It's not like anybody pulled a gun on her. She sounds like she was a little !@#$% anyway. Big loss to society.
2007-11-16 16:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
The only wrong the parents are guilty of is harassing the kid. They could have handled the situation differently. But they did not make the girl commit suicide. That was her own doing and that of her parents for not paying attention to what was going on in that kid's life. Had the dead kid's parents been more of a parent then the girl would not have thought that suicide was her only answer.
My question: What did she, the bully, expect the other girl who was being bullied to do about her own problem? Kill herself?? That would have been wrong too. Therefore, the parents of the bully should be and could have been held responsible for the problems that were caused by the bully.
The parents of the girl who was the bully really have no room to talk!!!!!
Yes it's sad. But those kinds of things happen, most often as a result of the parents not being parents...........
2007-11-16 23:36:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is my understanding that the girl who committed suicide was not bullying the other girl, but that their friendship ended when she (the one who died) became clinically depressed.
Apparently the parents were incensed that the girl no longer wanted to be friends with their daughter and set up the fake site to harass her.
Although many people believe those adults are responsible for her death, apparently the parents of the dead girl won't press charges.
As far as punishment, I feel that they are unfit to be parents and that their own child(ren) should be taken from them and raised by more suitable people. If my child had committed suicide in such circumstances I would want severe penalties for them - at least several years in jail for their despicable act.
However, unless the dead girl's parents change their minds or there is some other way to charge them with a crime, I guess they will be free to do the same thing to anyone else they dislike.
(Just one more proof that on-line dating is a BAD idea.)
2007-11-16 16:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by marguerite L 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From what I read it was actually the "bullied" girl's mother who created the MySpace account. And "bully" is in quotes because I don't quite believe the story that the girl who committed suicide was a bully. Bullies aren't big on committing suicide. I think it's a terrible situation. Even though I doubt anyone meant for the girl to die, it is still a horrible thing. Yes, the mother should definitely be held responsible for involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide or SOMETHING.
2007-11-16 16:40:05 · answer #4 · answered by Rebeckah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since harrassment is a crime, IF this story is real, the parent could be charged I would think. At the very least it was very wrong of the parent to do that. It's an ADULT picking on a child for crying out loud!
My daughter, then 15, was dating a 17 yr old boy from her school. His mother turned out to be some sort of nutcase and began harrassing my daughter trying to break them up because she was convinced that my daughter was going to get her son arrested for statatory rape once he turned 18 if they were still dating at that time. Once she even went so far as to call child services to put in a complaint that I was a bad mother because I was allowing my 15 yr old to date her soon to be 18 yr old son and allowing the two of them to go off on their own (they went to movies, walks, things like that, mostly hanging out at my house) The child services people told her to stop wasting their time. After a while the harrassment got so bad that I ended up calling the police and reporting her. They went to see her and informed her that if it continued charges would be brought against her for verbal assault on a minor. The whole thing with the mother also broke the kids up.
2007-11-16 16:46:58 · answer #5 · answered by Lev8mysoul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the girl who died wasn't so young and naive but was older and mature enough to make sense of her world then this story would be kind of like cruel justice. But because this girl was so young it's just a tragedy. Those parents are ****** up in the head for doing that to an innocent girl - she's only 13! like those parents never made mistakes when they were younger?!?! I think the lesson here is that an eye for an eye is never a good idea.
But anyways, the parents can't be convicted unless they gave the girl who committed suicide the thing that she did herself in with. A good lawyer could convince a jury of this, so.... you never know. But then again, the girl had suicidal tendencies before the get-go so a good defense lawyer would be able to work that to his advantage.
2007-11-16 16:21:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow I never knew that parents could be so low and do that. I think the parents should be held responsible. That is so mean although no one should bully anyone. But I never thought any parents would do that. Any way they aren't teaching their kids anything but stupidity. They should actually pay attention and not be so stupid. And if the girl wanted the other girl to stop bullying her then the parents should of talked with the other girls parents to stop this from happening but nothing anymore really happens like that I guess...
Annie
2007-11-16 16:21:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow i think the parents took it WAY to far. i think we SHOULD blame the parents but FIRST do we even know thats why the girl committed suicide to begin with? the girl who was being bullied didnt even deserve to be tricked like that anyways- but she did deserve something like being grounded or going to counseling. the parents shouldve stayed out of it too. unless the girl was being physically bullied its between those two girls to resolve thier problems. i think what the parents deserve is to see if they were the reason the other girl committed suicide before anything legally happens. i mean the girl was a bully for a reason. she was probably having trouble at home or not doing so well socially or physically. teenage girls tend to think very low of themselves thats way they talk about how others don't look good or that someones clothes don't match to boost THEIR confidence level. so the parents definitely should be investigated before they get punished. talk to the girls parents and look for any signs of notes that the girl written like a diary o some sort.
2007-11-16 16:24:27 · answer #8 · answered by starrysarahsmith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to believe that adults would do this to a child. There were probably other problems in the girl's life that led to her bullying and eventual suicide. However, I do think that the parents who impersonated the boy should be charged in some manner, at the very least for harassment.
Tragic.
2007-11-16 16:20:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jax 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These parents tried to get EVEN for something done to their daughter by another YOUNG child. YES they need to be held responsible. Do they have other kids? Someone once said
"It takes a community to raise a child". How true, but if the community is not moral what happens to ALL of its children?Did they not recognize that the bullying child needed help also.One thing is for sure. They still have their child and she certainly needs help now. She must live with her parents mistake for the rest of her life.
2007-11-18 16:37:51 · answer #10 · answered by Stormy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's awful however to punish the parents one must prove they knew exactly what was going on and that they intended for something like this to happen. I'm not aware of the full details so one must get to bottom of it. Although I believe without a question parents should be aware of what their child is doing online, it's impossible when sites like myspace exist and it's so easy for a child to obtain an account. So this being said should myspace be liable also
2007-11-16 16:20:49 · answer #11 · answered by 212 Degree 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋