when parents fail, someone should step in. (Score 1)

I don't think I would object if school systems individually had uniform codes of conduct for acceptable online behavior that included online harassment. I would, of course, have very strict rules about enforcement. For example, in order for a student to face consequences, there has to be a complaint from another student(or teacher), a specific set of published rules that have been violated, and a chance given for the person to simply stop or retract. Having the city, state, or national government regulate this sort of thing is way over the top. My initial feeling was that it's the parents' job to do this, but I think I agree that schools need to pass rules when parents fail. It already happens with schools that send food home with students who have parents that don't feed them over the weekend, I suppose this could fall along the lines of that logic. When parents make mistakes, all of society pays. Since so many parents make so many mistakes, it's a viable and correct solution for schools to step in and do what parents should have done.