There have been a rash of cyber-bullies teens committing suicide as of late. The burning question is really this: Is it happening more, or is it steady and we hearing about it more?

Are these kids suicidal, or is this driving them mad. Are they already depressed kids made more vulnerable by the "plugged in" society we've given them?

Two recent cases have brought the Megan Meier story back to the forefront of my mind.

Phoebe Prince and Alexis Pilkington.

Phoebe was a beautiful girl, a freshman, who had the audacity to date a senior football player. Girls followed her around school, followed her home, constantly texting, emailing, and name calling. As adults, put away the object of your worries and move on.

Its harder for kids as its all they know. They have been wired since they could talk. I know one day as I sat down to my daughter's facebook there was a message from a boy in Texas that I didn't recognize. They were both getting off the computer but were going to continue to talk by texts. I was immediately alarmed. Giving some strange person in Texas your cell number. It could be anyone. It turned out, it wasn't anyone. It was a former classmate that I did remember after prompting, she pointed out I had taught her better than that.

We also talked about how cell phones these days are not for emergencies. They are basically communication pdas. Your cell # is like your Aol screen name from days of yore. Its a lot bigger deal to give out your facebook than it is your phone number, I'm told.

Then you have kids who want to be popular so bad they will do anything to get on the good side of the bully. Change your phone number -sounds easy enough. Until you think you have a friend in another outcast and they sell you out for sitting at lunch with the cool kids for a few days.

Alexis Pilkington had it bad, as well. Popular, athletic and smart. She graduated early and was on her way to college with a soccer scholarship. No one is saying what transpired that last night, but facebook messages left behind were cruel, spiteful, disrespectful and downright brutal to a girl already undergoing counseling.

Friends set up a memorial page on facebook, that too was defiled with horrible messages that her family could not tear themselves away from.

Two beautiful girls, gone in the space of a few months, because they were too pretty, too smart, too something, for others to handle. Who teaches their kids to behave this way, or doesn't correct them when they do.

I hope I am able to give my children hope in their future if they are ever faced with adversity such as this.