Teen bullying occurs in the United States every day and little is ever to done to stop or prevent it. Many victims of bullying have been mentally abused to the point that they have gone as far as committing suicide. The question in most bullying cases is: who is at fault? Is it the bullies themselves for causing both physical and emotional harm to another person? Or is it the parents' mistake for not keeping a better eye on their children? Some people argue in favor of the bullies and blame it all on their parents; however, they don't realize that the parents aren't the ones sending those hateful messages behind a computer screen or the ones picking on a poor kid at school.
In her article "Stalking charges against girls in Florida suicide case don't solve the problem." Emily Bazelon questions why we're blaming teenagers rather than the adults around them in regards to the case of Rebecca Ann Sedwick. Bazelon mentions that Judd, the arresting officer, commented that the teenagers had pushed the arrest. She argues that the children aren't to blame for the suicide but that their parents are the ones at fault for not monitoring them properly; however, she fails to acknowledge that children are conscious of their choices and decisions and they should be held accountable for them.
Although, a child's upbringing can mold and shape their personalities, that isn't always the case. I believe that a person has the ability to interpret any situation any way that they choose, for example, some people come from terrible homes and abusive parents but rather than be abusive themselves they learn and prosper from it. In this situation the young girls accused of bullying chose the wrong path but it was never the less their choice; they were aware of what they were doing and they had no remorse for their actions. Bazelon blames the parents of the two teenage girls that were arrested for Sedwick's suicide for being neglectful and having lack of paren...