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>> ALL RIGHT WE ARE GOING TO SEE
HOW IT ALL WORKS OUT.
CHRIS, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
>>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT
TRAGIC AND SHOCKING CASE OF
CYBER BULLYING.
TWO GIRLS CHARGED WITH STALKING
AND BULLYING.
REBCCA SEDWICK.
>> WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE
RESPONIBLE FOR THEIR QUESTIONS
AND WE HAVE INVESTIGATED AT THIS
POINT.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO BRING
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST THE
PARENTS.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD'S PARENTS ARE IN
TOTAL DENIAL.
OH MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T DO THAT,
WE KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A PATTERN
OF ACTIVITY FOR THE LAST 10
MONTHS.
LET'S BRING IN OUR ALL FEMALE
PANEL.
>> LIZ STERN FOUNDER OF
DIVAMOMS.COM.
AND DR. LUDWICK.
HORRIBLE STORY.
CAN THE PARENTS BE CHARGED DO
YOU THINK THEY SHOULD BE?
>> WOW, IT IS A REALLY COMPLEX
ISSUE HERE.
THE PARENTS ARE MORALLY
RESPONSIBLE.
ARE THEY LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE?
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THEY HAVE GOT TO BE
MONITORING WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE IN THE
SENSE THAT THEY ARE NOT WATCHING
WHAT THE KIDS ARE DOING.
>> TO HEAR PARENTS SAY, NOT MY
KID.
WE SEEM TO LIVE IN A SOCIETY
WHERE NOBODY TAKES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANYTHING.
>> PARENT ARES NEED TO KNOW WHAT
IS GOING ON.
IF SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT AND
THEY KNOW THAT IT IS NOT THEY
NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.
BECAUSE IT WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS
WORSE AND PARENTS NEED TO TAKE A
RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT THEIR
CHILDREN ARE DOING.
NOT MY CHILD, THAT IS NOT THE
CASE HERE.
NO ONE IS PERFECT.
AND EVERY CHILD THERE IS GOING
TO BE SOMETHING, BUT WE AS A
PARENT NEED TO DEAL WITH THOSE
SITUATIONS AND GET OUR HEAD OUT
OF THE GROUND.
>> WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
SOME TIMES GREAT PARENTS HAVE
TROUBLED KIDS.
ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS IS
A PSYCHO THERPT.
>> THEY HAVE DONE STUDIES THAT
THERE ARE KIDS BORN TO GOOD
PARENTS.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU GIVE BIRTH TO
A BAD SEED OR PSYCHO CHILD.
I THINK WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT
HERE IS TO UNDERSTAND THE
REALITY THAT ANYBODY CAN BE
AGGRESSIVE OR MEAN SPIRITED AND
AS A PARENT WE NEED TO EARLY ON
WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE LISTENING TO
YOU, TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPATHY AND
YOUR CHILD'S ABILITY TO THINK
WOW, HOW WOULD I FEEL IF THIS
WERE DONE TO ME?
IF YOU WERE A PARENT AND YOU
WERE MONITORING YOUR CHILD'S
SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD YOU NOT HAVE
SEEN THESE TWEETS?
>> THIS MOM SHOULD HAVE.
>> IT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE KIDS
ARE WAY MORE TECH SAVVY THAN ANY
OF US ARE.
THEY KNOW HOW TO KEEP THINGS
HIDDEN.
IT IS ALL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE PARENT AND CHILD.
AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AS
WELL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE SCHOOL
SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN.
>> PARENTS NEED TO BE TALKING TO
THEIR KIDS ABOUT SOCIALLY.
>> I HAVE TO MOVE ONTO THE FAT
LETTERS.
MASSACHUSETTS SAYING THEY ARE
NOT GOING TO SEND THESE FAT
LETTERS HOME.
I WAS A FAT KID I WOULD HAVE
GOTTEN ONE OF THESE LETTERS.
DO YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA
THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SEND
THEM HOME?
>> I THINK IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT
THE SCHOOL EVEN THOUGHT THAT IT
IS THEIR RESPONSIBLITY TO WRITE
THE LETTERS AND HAVE THEM GO
HOME.
PARENTS AND CHILDREN KNOW IF HE
ARE OBESE AND FAT.
>> BUT THERE IS DENIAL.
>> BUT THIS IS FOR THE PARENTS
AND THE PEDIATRICIANS NOT THE
SCHOOL.
>> I INTERVIEWED SOME OF THESE
KIDS AND THEY ARE NOT FAT.
>> THEY ARE NOT FAT.
SO WHAT ABOUT EATING DISORDERS
AND STARTING THEM TO BE OVERLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WEIGHT IN
AN ERA WHERE WE ARE ALREADY
FIGHTING THAT.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO SHAME A
CHILD AND MAKE THEM FEEL BADLY
ABOUT THEM SELVES BECAUSE THAT
CAN TRIGGER AN EATING DISORDER
BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE PARENTS
AWARE.
WE WANT TO ASSUME PARENT ARES
ARE EDUCATED ABOUT THE IDEAL
WEIGHT.
MAYBE THE PARENTS DON'T HAVE A
REGULAR PEDIATRICIAN.
SO THE SCHOOL HAS TO FIND A WAY
TO STEP IN AND RAISE AN
AWARENESS WITHOUT HARMING A
CHILD'S PSYCHE.
>> ALL RIGHT RAISE YOUR HAND
WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP DID YOU
HAVE TO DO CHORES?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> I WAS --
>> YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO CHORES?
>> AND WAS I WAS ASED ONCE I
HID IN THE BATHROOM.
>> EVERY WEEK I HAD TO VACUUM
THE KITCHEN FLOOR.
>> THE NEW TREND NOW, PARENTS
ARE NOT ENFORCING CHORES
ANYMORE.
>> MY DAUGHTER I HAD THIS
CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT UNLESS
YOU WANT SPENDING MONEY AND
PRIVILEGES ON THE INTERNET YOU
ARE GOING TO WALK THE DOGS AT
LEAST ONCE A DAY.
THE DOGS THAT SHE BEGGED FOR BY
THE WAY.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE THEIR BEDS AND
BRING THEIR DISH TO THE SINK.
>> TO ME, THAT IS A BARE MINIMUM
TO BRING THE DISHES TO THE SINK.
>> AS A MOM OF TWO BOYS THEY
HAVE TO DO THEIR CHORES.
ALSO IF THEY WANT TO PLAY VIDEO
GAMES, IT SIMIMPORTANT THAT THEY
KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE
AND EARN IT.
>> ROBBIE, ARE YOU GOING TO TELL
ME THAT YOUR KIDS DON'T DO
CHORES?
>> I TRY TO ENFORCE IT BUT I'M
NOT SO GREAT AT IT.
THEY ARE SO OVERWHELMED WITH
SCHOOLWORK.
I STRUGGLE WIT.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE
TO BE RESPONSIBLE.
IN REALITY, I KNOW IT IS
IMPORTANT.
>> TWO SECONDS TO MAKE THE BED.
LADIES THANK YOU SO MUCH.