However, more and more teenagers are using the Internet to communicate with family and friends, as much as parents wish the Internet could always be a happy and positive place for our children, communicating it does not it's always like this. In 2011, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance found that 16 percent of high school students (grades 9-12) were victims of electronic bullying. There are many causes that drive a teenager to attack through cyberbullying, and the causes behind the teenage aggressor are as important as the effects that cyberbullying can have on the teenage victim. Cyberbullying has become a highly discussed issue in society, and people who study cyberbullying find it difficult to study statistics because technological trends change often. The two questions I found many studies on are what can cause a teenager to attack another person through cyberbullying and how cyberbullying affects the victim. First, cyberbullying is a way in which a person attacks another person through the use of electronic technology. The attacker can use their computer, mobile phone, tablet or any electronic device capable of connecting to the Internet to continuously harass their victims and, most often, they attack via social networks or text messages. Similar to bullying, cyberbullying occurs when the attacker feels he can gain power and control over the victim who is weaker or more vulnerable. This type of situation can make it difficult for victims to defend themselves. Some examples of how they might attack their victims are by spreading rumors, posting photos or videos on the Internet, sending mean text messages, or even creating fake profiles to harass the victim. Cyberbullying is different from face-to-face bullying because it creates a situation… middle of paper… the attacker and the victim because the causes behind the attacker and the effects on the victim are both heartbreaking, as the attacker could not having certain skills needed to socialize properly, while the victim may have doubts about going to school to get an education or even ending their life. Parents and teachers must always keep an eye on teenagers' electronic use because a teenager can make a wrong turn that can endanger the life of another teenager and there is no going back. If we taught our children about the effects of cyberbullying and what it can do to another person, as well as the consequences of cyberbullying, we could save many children from being the aggressor or the victim, and we would have more children focused on getting a good education and go to college instead of having to fend for yourself in dangerous or embarrassing situations.