With teen harrasment and suicide on the rise, I believe that mandatory self worth/self esteem classes help.

According to CNN, Megan Meier, 13, killed herself after receiving a critical message on the MySpace social networking site from someone she thought was a boy named "Josh."

Missouri prosecutor said Monday "no charges would be sought in the case of a teen who hanged herself last year after chatting on MySpace, although he said adults should have prevented the tragedy."

Indeed this is a tragedy. One that could have been prevented. You can watch an emotional video with Megan's parents talking about her suicide.

According to the Baltimore Sun, in regard to Megans death, 64 percent of youths are harrassed online.

St. Charles County, Missouri, Prosecuting Attorney Jack Banas said, "Missouri's harassment statute says nothing about the Internet, and the stalking statute requires repeated conversations, so neither would apply in this case."

Since the harrasment and suicide among teens keeps rising, why doesn't each state update their statutes? Are they lazy? Don't they care? It sickens me to know that nobody will be charged in Megans suicide because Missouri statue says nothing about the internet!

I propose a mandatory self worth/esteem class required for middle school and high school. Why not? Schools make students take mandatory physical ed, sex ed, and drivers ed. I don’t know what it is? Maybe students don’t have enough guidance at home? Maybe they aren’t taught to value and respect themselves as well as others? All I know is times are changing, rapidly. We have got to help our youth.