My best friend in the whole word, my television, let me down last night. I watched ABC's Primetime. Did anyone else catch it?
Last night's episode, entitled Cruel Intentions, was about cyberbullying. It examined how teenagers (mostly girls) employed various technological devices (chat rooms, instant messaging, MySpace, webcams, camera phones, etc.) to discredit, demean, and destroy one another. It was quite an eye-opener. And quite frightening.
I came away from the show with three conclusions:
- Girls are VERY mean to one another. Seriously. I thought Mean Girls was just a funny movie, not a way of life.
- I'm glad I'm a guy.
- Not only am I now planning on homeschooling my children, I'm never letting them out of the house again.
