Facebook Depression and Cyberbullying Another Form of Violence

    Facebook is a social website used to connect with friends and family. You can chat with others and enjoy games while on the site. Unfortunately, doctors say "Facebook Depression" is caused by teens' addiction to the site. Facebook pages can make some kids feel worse if they feel they don't measure up to the others on the site. Facebook can  provide a skewed view of whats going on. A student may sit alone in the school cafeteria, yet online have a great social life and say that everything's okay. Like texting, on Facebook you don't see how others react or feel. Facebook may be a good way to talk to friends, but it's just another way for teens to experience cyberbullying. Doctors push parents to talk to their children about cyberbullying, Facebook Depression, and other online risks. Let's try to stop all these popularity contests that come with Facebook.

How many children die a year?

  A question we often ask to many people is how many kids do they think die a year? The answer we most often get is 100 to 200 tops. The estimated number according to research done in 2003 says that over 10 million children die each year. That's just of car crashes, diseases, and accidents. It doesn't include suicidal actions, abuse, shootings, and bullying. Imagine all those numbers combined. It almost sounds impossible.

When you think of child abuse do you think pain and death or do you think that its something rare that it's not even worth talking about? A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds, and more than five children die every day as a result of child abuse. Approximately 80% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4. 50-60% of child fatalities due to abuse are not recorded as such on death certificates. It is estimated that 30% of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children, continuing the horrible cycle of abuse. The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2008 is $124 billion.

Check out this website to learn more about the issue of child abuse-
http://www.childhelp.org