re: 11 Year Old Brain Cancer Survivor Commits Suicide Over Relentless Bullying

Don't do it babe

It always amazes me how awful children can be

I am sorry but if an 11 year old is committing suicide there is parenting issue. Bullying has become such a buzz word and the first thing people go to when someone isn't nice. People aren't always nice. I was a teacher at a middle school and maybe I was just at a good school but the handicapped students were always taken care of by the students. I'm not saying some arsehole didn't make a comment at some point but overall the kids were very accepting. Most of the "bullying" complaints came from kids that were trying to be different and getting offended when someone called them weird.

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Our nation doesn't have a bullying problem. It has a parent problem. So many weak parents.

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Kids are cruel and they will always be peer pressure.. So kids are going to follow the "cool kids" so I have to agree.. I understand parents want to protect their kids, but you can't hide them from reality. In fact, you have to tell them about the reality of things.

My dad use to tell me "people will try to take advantage of you because they will see you being in a wheelchair as a weakness. Don't let that happen. Do whatever you have to to make sure it doesn't". It got me in trouble at times. If someone tried to "take advantage" or start saying something to me, I would tell them stuff to the point they would get upset I said whatever I said to them and go "tell on me". There were times when I would explain my side of it and was told "you can't always use that to your advantage".

But in this case, this girl had brain cancer.. That might have impacted the function of her brain... It seems like teachers/admins would be more aware of these things, but at the same time you can't watch everything they do.