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"The principal of South Hadley High School in western Massachusetts described Phoebe Prince, 15, as smart and charming in a letter to parents in response to the teen&amp;#x27;s suicide. Prince, an immigrant from Ireland, hanged herself on January 14 after being taunted online by fellow students. You might think leaving a snarky comment on a blog is OK or that posting a vicious lie on the Internet is funny, but it&amp;#x27;s not. Calling someone a dumb, fat you-know-what to her face will likely evoke tears or rage or both--same is said for comments left on the Internet where people feel extra-brave because they can do it behind a screen name. According to isafe.org, 42 percent of kids have been bullied online, and one in four has had it happen more than once. In addition, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, in a new review of studies from 13 countries, found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide--precisely the case for Prince. Fellow students came forward and disclosed that Prince had been taunted in excess via text messages and on Facebook. Unfortunately Prince isn&amp;#x27;t an anomaly. Thirteen-year-old Megan Meier committed suicide after the mother (THE MOTHER!) of a former friend created a fictitious profile to harass her. Eleven-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover hanged himself after bullies called him gay. This just makes me want to burst into tears. I can&amp;#x27;t imagine someone teasing JD to that extreme point--my God! As a parent, I&amp;#x27;m not so worried about my kid reading the term &amp;quot;oral sex&amp;quot; in the dictionary. Clearly there are bigger fish to fry. It is my hope that parents will tell their children about Prince and others like her. Words hurt, in real-life and online. It&amp;#x27;s easier to be nice to someone, and the payoff is richer--are you listening, JD? Have you ever been bullied in real-life or online? What about your children? Did you have to intervene regarding someone bullying your child? *** Click here to read former Gawker.com editor, Jessica Coen&amp;#x27;s take on getting cyber bullied. Maybe one day I&amp;#x27;ll write my version. I&amp;#x27;ve been there! *** More on glamour.com: Stop by Save The Date to read about dresses, flowers, cakes and all things here-comes-the-bride! Need an afternoon snack fix? Vitamin G&amp;#x27;s Sarah Jio has you covered. Nail polish, blush, lipstick, oh my--The Girls In The Beauty Department break it all down. *** More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering for or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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