Not Before Coffee

The parents of a British 15-year-old schoolgirl blame "huge pressure" and "modern complexities" of social networking Web sites for the suicide of their teen daughter, The London Times Online reported Monday.

Holly Grogan jumped 30 feet to her death from a bridge last week and was hit by traffic after abusive messages were relentlessly posted onto her Facebook page, according to Times Online.

Being a teen is difficult enough without having bullies who can follow you by way of phone lines and computers into the very place they are supposed to feel most safe – their home.

It’s disturbing to hear more and more cases such as this occurring among our teens.

My boys get bullied sometimes, but nothing to this degree. It’s difficult as a parent to say how I would react in such a case.

What are some things you think parent can do to prevent their child from getting into such a situation that they would even consider taking their own life? Short of throwing the computer out the window of course.