Passage Two It is very apparent that bullying is growing and spreading rapidly in our society. It is an issue that we need to address very seriously. Duane Alexander, director of the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development said: "Being bullied is a public health problem that merits attention. People who were bullied as children are more likely to suffer from depression and low self-esteem, well into adulthood, and the bullies themselves are more likely to engage in criminal behavior later in life." There are many types of bullying: cyber bullying, verbal bullying, school bullying, text bullying, workplace bullying, bullying parents, bullying harassment(骚扰), physical bullying. All these types of bullying are very damaging. Now, cyber bullying is growing rapidly. Cyber bullying has an effect on many young people on a daily basis. Cyber bullying entails(需要) using technology, such as cell phones and the internet, to bully or harass somebody else. Cyber bullying has many forms such as: "Sending mean messages or threats to a person's email account or cell phone, spreading rumors online or through texts, posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking sites or web pages, stealing a person's account information to break into their account and send damaging messages, pretending to be someone else online to hurt another person, taking unflattering(有损形象的) pictures of a person and spreading them through cell phones or the internet, or circulating sexually suggestive pictures or messages about a person." Many people have committed suicide because of cyber bullying and it is very damaging, especially to young people. In many cases, it can lead to depression and anxiety. There are many cyber bullies who believe that it is funny to bully people online or via phones and they don't think about the impact it is having on the other person. Also, once something is circulated on the web, it may never disappear; these materials have the potential to resurface at a later time to renew the pain of cyber bullying.