Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intensive and involves an imbalance of power or strength. Usually it is repeated over time. Traditionally, bullying has involved actions such as hitting or punching, teasing or name calling (verbal bullying), or intimidation through gestures, or social exclusion. In recent years, technology has given rise to children an d youth in a new form of bullying referred to as “cyberbullying.” Cyberbullying is also referred to as “online social cruelty” or “electronic bullying.” Cyberbullying is just what it sounds like – using Internet technology such as instant messaging (IM), text, social network sites (such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.), or simply texting via cell phone for the purpose of teasing, humiliating, harassing, threatening, or coercing another person, herein referred to as a ‘target.’ It may mean text mes sages sent at all times of day or night, with degrading comments about someone or fictitious posts. Children an d youth can cyberbully each other through e-mails, instant messaging, texts or digital imaging messages sent on cell phones, social network sites, Web pages, blogs, chat rooms or discussion groups, and other cyber technologies . Cyberbullying can have devastating effects on the victim or target, whether a lone cyberbully or other friends watching/monitoring/or witnessing the attack. The target may lose sleep, lose desire to participate in family and social activities, obsess over what is going to be posted next, become depressed, become angry, avoid school or social activities, an d have suicidal ideations. In extreme circumstances, unfortunately, there have been incidences where cyberbullying has lead to teen suicide.