Wednesday, April 22, 2009
I was watching The Ellen Show today. One of her guests was a mother whose son was recently bullied to death. He took his own life, because he couldn't take the constant teasing, bullying and harassing. It's tragic. We do have to do something about this before more children take their lives, and our innocent children are harmed both physically, and emotionally. My son, Brandon, was one of the luckier ones. After years of constant teasing, bullying and physical abuse from some of the students at the schools he attended he somehow survived. However, today at age thirty-six he still has scars and very deep wounds from being bullied. As Ellen said, "Words can kill you." She is right they truly can. Visit www.raisingbrandon.com
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Amalia,
As parent of children who received some bullying in school & survived, it is awful to hear about the tragic stories. I think each person's personality, tolerance level, and coping skills are different. If there are children who are bullied but hide their emotions, others in their family may not know about the bullying and then the children may take desperate measures to compensate for feelings are depression, loneliness, or low self-worth. The best advice I can give to parents is to always listen to and love your children and make them feel special and important no matter what.
For my oldest daughter, the only hurtful words came from a middle school teacher. My daughter was and still is tormented by the many comments her teacher said to her and how her teacher made her feel. The teacher retired the following year.
My middle daughter was teased a little bit in middle school but it did not define her, she rose above and was able to realize that she was the smart one and the other students were the ones that needed to grow-up.
My middle daughter is now a freshman in college & doing well. My oldest daughter is living at home and whenever she has a significant accomplishment, she comments on proving her teacher wrong because of the comments her teacher said to her in middle school.
I just ordered your book and have joined some support groups. Thanks!
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