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This is a serious issue for young people today. They are all so connected online that they can't get away from it.
There is no right this is the way answer. There are different approaches for different situations. We had an incident with one of my daughters while I was out of town. My targeted daughter was so hurt that people she considered friends would do something like this. My wife told her to delete the account, talked about mean girls, coping... While that was going on my other daughter posted this.
I know who you are. I know where you live. Apologize to my sister or I'll kick your asses.
The problem immediately went away. My wife thought we should punish the aggressive daughter. I thought she deserved a medal taking a stand and defending her older sister.
We had another incident with a young lady taking locker room pictures and texting them. I called the young ladies father and politely told him about the problem and that it should be stopped immediately. He didn't see it that way and thought it was harmless. I regressed and explained to him if I found one more texted picture of one of my girls from his daughter, his daughter's friends or by some stranger I would hold him accountable. That worked.
You have to find someone in the situation that is motivated to change the behavior or there is no solution.
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