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Adrian Derbyshire, 42, took the pictures minutes before 16-year-old Julia’s life support was switched off. He had found his daughter collapsed at home in Warrington after she attempted to hang herself because she was targeted by online bullies.
Very sad. More should be done to help these people.
Not supporting the bullies, but, why still be online if being bullied? There is no law that someone must be engaged in their social media accounts. All she has to do is create new ones and that is it, lines of communication cut.
Seems she had other issues, as she went out of her way to be online, even going to self-harm groups.
Nothing in the article described the bullying, many people proclaim anything negative as bullying.
I think the online bullying thing is an excuse, she would have done this no matter what.
Not supporting the bullies, but, why still be online if being bullied? There is no law that someone must be engaged in their social media accounts. All she has to do is create new ones and that is it, lines of communication cut.
Seems she had other issues, as she went out of her way to be online, even going to self-harm groups.
Nothing in the article described the bullying, many people proclaim anything negative as bullying.
I think the online bullying thing is an excuse, she would have done this no matter what.
I tend to agree. Online isn't a place you can't avoid.
I think the bully/troll label may be getting overused at times.
I totally agree with boxus and Joe. The article states, "he was unaware she was still being targeted for online abuse and used a false identity in web groups that promoted teenage self-harm and suicide."
When someone takes their own life, there is a lot going on. Many kids have "bullying" experiences and don't resort to self-harm. It's easy to blame the big bad bully. You must learn not to be a target. For starters, don't present or make yourself available for continued abuse and harassment. Many parents teach their kids how to navigate through and survive these situations. It's not that difficult. The cases that are extreme require immediate adult and/or legal authority involvement.
Not supporting the bullies, but, why still be online if being bullied? There is no law that someone must be engaged in their social media accounts. All she has to do is create new ones and that is it, lines of communication cut.
Seems she had other issues, as she went out of her way to be online, even going to self-harm groups.
Nothing in the article described the bullying, many people proclaim anything negative as bullying.
I think the online bullying thing is an excuse, she would have done this no matter what.
You can claim you're not defending those who bullied her, but when you insinuate that no bullying took place, then yes - you are doing exactly that.
In fact, you do not know that she would have committed suicide anyway. Nor do I. We cannot possibly know. But for some reason - apparently out of annoyance that bullying behavior is not as tolerated today as it was in the past - you've decided that she would have done so. Just to absolved those who bullied her. Who you're defending by suggesting they didn't really bully her.
I feel for dad. Bullies are only a subset of the problem. There was more going on there. For whatever reason, it has become a 'thing' for teenage girls to attempt suicide. My observation is they take on some 'cause', jump in, become antisocial, and then when it goes against someone else's beliefs or they get too far 'out there', they are then bullied. The kids need to get away from the bullies, but they also need redirection in their lives.
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