String of teenage suicides in US due to bullying

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101008/ap_on_re_us/us_bullying_one_town
That's the link for an article I just read. It touched me because when I came to America I was teased too and I think it's horrible 

It is very sad, it sounds as if this school needs to take this seriously.  It happens everywhere though. 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101008/ap_on_re_us/us_bullying_one_town
That's the link for an article I just read. It touched me because when I came to America I was teased too and I think it's horrible 

Me Too!

I was bullied in school as well (though not to the extent that these children were bullied,, and I saw other kids receive much worse treatment than I did) and from my experience the problem is that the "bullies" aren't the stereotypical big, tough, mean kids - they are the polite, well-like popular, extroverted,  generally good-looking kids.

So when an incident comes to the attention of a teacher or other school authority - who is only human - they tend to take the side of the nice, popular kids, who they like anyway, and blame the kid who was bullied for somehow causing the incident to happen. 

In my years in school - I graduated high school over 25 years ago, so things may have changed - I don't think I ever saw or heard of a child being reprimanded, or even scolded, for bullying someone else.

Children got punished for getting into fights, but not for bullying.

In my years in school - I graduated high school over 25 years ago, so things may have changed - I don't think I ever saw or heard of a child being reprimanded, or even scolded, for bullying someone else.

Children got punished for getting into fights, but not for bullying.

Things have not changed in 25 years.  Unfortunately, there still isn't substantial action taken in schools for this demoralizing action.  My daughter was being bullied a few years back by significantly older girls than herself.  In the end, I had to go down and talk to her teachers, follow her for a whole week in extracurricular activities, and threaten the teacher of the older students that if he didn't take immediate action he was going to be reported.

Bullying is a SERIOUS offense, but you wouldn't realize it until you see and feel the affects personally.  And yes, many times it can be the attractive, extrovert children doing the bullying, but they shouldn't get away with it. 

The problem I have now is that my older "step" daughter gets bullied by older girls in the UK.  It was so bad she physically got in a fight with them last year because they cornered her.  Needless to say she thumped 'em a good 'un.   The bully/bullies backed off, but didn't stop completely.  Parental intervention became necessary.  But in this situation, was it fair for the school to suspend her from attending because she was forced to defend herself?  No, I'm sorry it was wrong in my opinion.............

"I EAT BULLIES FOR BREAKFAST"  lol

Your daughter and stepdaughter are lucky for having you to stand up for them.

I think that in many cases, though, children who are bullied do not come from homes where they feel secure, so at least they have  safe place to go to where they can confide in their parents and ask for help.  

I know that I had issues at home as well as at school.  

That may be the case for some of these children who committed suicide, despite what the parents say  after the fact.

It's probably easier if you are being bullied but at least have a caring, understanding, loving home to go to after school is over.

Unfortunately, much of what those kids did wasn't just bullying but even threatening her life. Actions should have been taken.

I was bullied in school as well (though not to the extent that these children were bullied,, and I saw other kids receive much worse treatment than I did) and from my experience the problem is that the "bullies" aren't the stereotypical big, tough, mean kids - they are the polite, well-like popular, extroverted,  generally good-looking kids.

So when an incident comes to the attention of a teacher or other school authority - who is only human - they tend to take the side of the nice, popular kids, who they like anyway, and blame the kid who was bullied for somehow causing the incident to happen. 

In my years in school - I graduated high school over 25 years ago, so things may have changed - I don't think I ever saw or heard of a child being reprimanded, or even scolded, for bullying someone else.

Children got punished for getting into fights, but not for bullying.

Things haven't really changed unfortunately. I was bullied/picked-on as well and none of the teachers seemed to try or really care honestly. I didn't really try to sort it out, though my brother insisted that he could, I mostly kept it to myself probably due to the fact that I didn't believe it could be stopped. It didn't stop until of those nice, popular extroverts stuck up for me. I'm not sure if he ever realized the impact of his words as when I thanked him years later he didn't even remember.

I suppose this article is a lesson to all of us to do something instead of just calmly sit there and watch, as you never know what could possibly make a world of difference.