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Comment by ugh | Hacker News Reader

Schools should be able to do nothing. Parents should, obviously.

Not every parent is going to watch their kid. What should a parent do when their kid shows them something "offensive" from someone else? Where is the line drawn for bullying? To me it seems like one big mess for Facebook and parents. When kids get foul with each other, what do the parents do?

Bullying is a hard problem to solve, with and without Facebook. Parents always have little control, whether it's happening on Facebook or somewhere else.

Facebook has to provide its users (i.e. kids and their parents) with working tools that can prevent bullying. 'Report Abuse' links that work, for example. It should not be necessary for schools to have complete access to their students' accounts.

  > When kids get foul with each other, what do the
  > parents do?

Bear the responsibility for raising such a kid?

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