Girl Scouts is a girl-serving organization, so our members are girls.

Cyber bullies can hide behind a mask of anonymity online, and do not need direct physical access to their victims to do unimaginable harm.

Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.

Unless and until our society recognizes cyber bullying for what it is, the suffering of thousands of silent victims will continue.

Simply stated, girls want role models and mentors.

Girl Scouts is a girl-serving organization, so our members are girls.

What gets posted online is not short term, and is open for easy misinterpretation. Messages and pictures spread faster through the Internet than they ever could by word of mouth.