Emily Bazelon's latest book "Sticks and Stones"  talks about the bullying she experienced during her childhood.

Emily Bazelon addresses the issue of teen bullying in her new book "Sticks and Stones" and how social networking sites have made the experience more challenging.

"It really can make bullying feel like it's 24/7," Bazelon tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross.

Talking about her own experiences she said, "When I got home from school, there was a break. I didn't have to deal with [my friends] directly, and I could sort of put myself back together in the afternoon and evening. Whereas now when you come home if you're a victim of bullying, you're likely to see this continue on a social media site or via texting."

She says that parents who didn't have Internet during their time think of it as an integral part of their child's life. However, what they fail to understand in that parents need to set boundaries and limitations when their child enters the world of cyberspace.

To make matters worse, it is still not clear about what role schools should play in a teen's digital life.

"We don't make schools responsible for all the stuff that kids do at the movies or on the beach or walking down the street," Bazelon says, "and yet if there's a cruel thread on Facebook or Twitter or a bunch of mean harassing texts go around, it's very typical for parents to bring those into the school and ask for help because they naturally feel that since it's among students, the school should have some role. I think it's clear that schools can help kids and parents talk through these situations. What I think is much trickier is whether they can really take on the role of punishing, and ... are schools really set up to police all this behavior, and do we really want them to play that role?"