Cyber Bullying: The night I heard my 16-year-old tough-guy son sobbing [Independent.ie]
- Published: 14 December 2011
Kevin O'Leary (not his real name) could hear his strapping 16-year-old son crying in his upstairs bedroom. He never heard sobs like it.
That cold January night was when cyber bullying became a very real part of their lives -- and still does almost a year later.
"I don't want to be here and there is nothing here for me. Life is becoming a drudgery," was what his son Colin (not his real name) told him last January. Kevin could not believe what he was hearing, as he sat on the edge of his bed.
Kevin desperately tried to tease out the "pressure points" from his teenage son, thinking it may be girlfriend troubles or study issues. But his son would not tell him what was wrong.
Three weeks later, after hearing his son berate himself out loud while in his bedroom alone, Kevin finally found out what was happening.
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