Facebook can be dangerous.

As we all know, cyber-bullying is becoming more and more of a problem in the online world, especially on the ever-popular Facebook. While it is not anything new for young people to be victims of cyber-bullying, suicide is not the only thing coming out of Facebook.

Last week the Atlanta's newspaper reported that a mother had killed her child after he interrupted her while she was on Facebook. This mother (the article does not state her age) was simply playing FarmVille, a popular Facebook game when her infant son started crying, drawing her attention away. She said that she shook him, smoked a cigarette in hopes of calming her nerves, and then shook him again.

Not only is this disturbing, but it makes me wonder how else people are affected by the social media that we spend so much time using. What would compel a mother to think that her game was that much more important than taking care of her baby?

People need to take a step back, and learn how to responsibly use all forms of social media. We cannot let our lives be consumed by these wonderful online technologies, especially now that we can carry them around with us on our phone.

I want to know your opinions on this. Are social media tools, such as Facebook, getting out of control? Or was this just a rare case that won't become a regular occurrence? If it is becoming a problem, what steps should be taken to help prevent more tragedies (whether they be Shaken-Baby-Syndrome or suicides by cyber-bullying) from happening?

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