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I work with kids cyber bullied and it's bad..


Ok so this was a TV movie and I caught it on Netflix and was moved. I work with young girls and boys that go through this ordeal and even though I wasn't bullied I get what it's like to this generation especially how mean girls can be to each other. In a world where young ten age girls and boys rely on social media to connect these kids are very susceptible to being targeted and a lot of them unfortunately result in suicide. This film is based on this particular young girl but is a template for many young girls and boys that often think highschool is the whole world and can and will be pushed to a point of ridicule and outcast by their peers who push them to suicide or even school shootings. Beautiful young girls that have taken their lives because they don't realize how meaningless these losers are that buly and until a young child hurts or kills themselves it is pushed under the rug by stupid naive parents and legislators. I think this wasn't about the acting(which I've seen worse) but the message it sends. There is help for anybody going through this . Just go online and find out about help centers all over the country. Your not alone and that's in every aspect wheather is bullying or addiction or eating disorder or whatever. I thought it was a good film for this subject and if you want to see a really great film on this check out "Disconnect".

THERES NO ROOM IN MY CIRCUS TENT FOR YOU !!!!

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Well thanks for sharing. I'm glad somebody is out there helping these poor kids. I'd probably strangle the bullies lol

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Amen brother. It's a dog-eat-dog with some of these kids. They can be the meanest creatures on the planet to one another. Keep up the good work mate.

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My gripe about this movie is that Taylor didn't DELETE the bullies from her account. She clearly has mental issues. And that's what bullies look for. If you act the victim they will go after you, sad to say. This movie was so unrealistic, especially since she seemed to have a Mom in the picture and was concerned. I probably as a parent would have suspended her internet privileges, cancelled her IPhone, and told her to go to therapy and get a bit mentally stronger. *beep* she's a senior in HS and goes off the deep end because someone calls her a whore? And she's not? Ignore!! The best button to press on social media. IGNORE. Taylor walked into it, and frankly caused most of her grief.

I would say I was bullied in HS, primarily because I came out of the closet at 16 and openly had a boyfriend. This was before the internet, but I'd get crank calls, and the phone would ring and some dumb jock would say "Are you a *beep* I'd respond "Well, yes I am, I am glad you are so interested in my love life" and then hang up. Taylor wasn't threatened with physical violence, and really I wasn't, but I also was a big teen with an attitude. Even the football players knew I had some strength and would go toe to toe with them.

I think what people who work with bullied kids is to tell them they are NOT victims. You can fight back, you can ignore it, you can do a million other different things than ending up in a laundry crying that you can't get a freaking aspirin bottle top off!! You act like a victim, you will be treated like one. Bullies go for the weak. Don't be weak. Taylor was a smart, attractive senior in HS. She wasn't obese. She wasn't fat. Her weakness was that she was emotionally weak. Bullies go for that. So DON'T.

I actually felt badly for the other girl, the so-called bully, because she seemed to have no mother in the picture and a workaholic lawyer father who probably didn't give her any time. No wonder she was such a bitch. And if you are a senior in HS and can't read that situation, then you are going to crash and burn your freshman year in college. Teens still haven't fully grown their brains, and yes, they can be nasty. So stay away from people like that, simple as that.

This movie would have been more impactful if the bullied girl was in junior high. A high school senior? She is ripe for punishment in a few months when she matriculates into college. She'll be a suicidal date-rape victim in the first week.

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If they're that weak then it will be a hard life. Humans are pieces of *beep* that will stab you in the back the first chance they get.





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