i can't either and i couldn't either. i just don't understand as a parent how 1) you don't take a flamethrower to the school or 2) stop sending your kid. did they think it'd toughen him up or this is something he just has to go through. lose the forest for the trees. i don't know. i can't imagine letting my kid suffer and get to that point. find a new school. **** homeschool. whatever. anything.
Indiana boy, 10, kills himself after suffering horrific bullying — parents say they complained to school 20 times
A 10-year-old Indiana boy killed himself after being bullied relentlessly at school, according to his family — who claim to have raised the alarm at least 20 times in the last year.nypost.com
So terrible.
The school district’s superintendent, Dr. Harold Olin, denied any bullying reports had ever been submitted by either the parents or the boy.
if Harold is found to be lying, he should be hanged in public.
I’m kind of ADD. I’ll read while I’m watching things like VPR, or if it’s something I need to concentrate on I’ll watch for 30 minutes, read for 30 etc. Always before bed. Can’t sleep without it.
It could have been the little guy downplayed it some too. As sad as it is, some kids are ashamed of being bullied and don’t tell their parents the true extent of it.
It is brutal. Unfortunately, it is much worse than you think-especially at the high school level. Not necessarily the physical stuff but the psychological torture by kids on line.
Oh. My. God. That is frightening to hear. Good on your son to do something!! Social media and these damn phones. Snapchat. Instagram. The offending message disappears; it’s literally like whack a mole
Cyberbullying
This isn't a true JDB special until we find out the bullies were black kids, probably Somalis.
I’m listening to The Kingdom, The Power and the Glory about evangelical churches right now. Author is son of a minister. Really interesting, but 18 hours!
I’ll see if I can find it. I stumbled upon it through a local story. Here you go. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-teusch-family-in-remembering-sammy
Similar story for my son. 6th grade, his mom had just moved to Johnson County. He was miserable, wasn't seeing me as much now, felt isolated. Confided in a kid who then turned his little minions on my son to make fun of him about everything imaginable. I was driving down there all the time meeting with teachers and trading emails on an almost daily basis with a few who were keeping an eye on him and his bullies. Final straw was a bunch of them pinning him down in the locker room after gym class and throwing his clothes in the toilet. He stayed with me for the rest of the week and didn't go to school while I burned up the phone trying get an appointment with the principal. That's where my guardian angel showed his face.
you are correct it is good knowing people, I was really good friends with the the officer at the school and made the police trip to the school happen. I wasn't about to sit back and do nothing, it just wasn't an option.
I agree with this. The superintendent would have to be the dumbest guy of all time to say there were no reports of bullying filed if there in fact were verifiable emails or the like that can prove to the contrary.
It’s typically a group of kids, not just one. The lone wolf Nelson-from-the-Simpsons style bully doesn’t really exist anymore. It’s a group of kids that have low self-esteem that decide to pick on a kid that they are jealous of or feel superior to. And yes, the parents of those kids are typically world-class pricks and that’s why the kids are too.
While I think you handled it nearly perfectly, I would’ve probably gone to local media to explain how inept the leadership at that school is and give them all the receipts. Those administrators should’ve been fired instantly.
I'm willing to wager a bet that somewhere north of 95% of the time, the parents of the offenders are total POS. I know every bully I ever came across, growing up in 3 different schools systems, inevitably had SH*T Stains for parents. Doesn't take the kid off of the hook, but it still comes down to the parents the vast majority of the time.
I'm trembling with rage reading Hooky's post.....
This is spot on in my experience.
I might be naive but as I said my daughter’s crowd is incredibly mixed and they all maintain it doesn’t exist at their school. All seem genuinely happy. Maybe we found a benefit of woke
Not hard really, fear and peer pressure are tough when you’re young.
You're a good dad, hooky. Please tell me you sauntered into that school meeting with your NBs on. They knew then and there that this was not a man to be trifled with.
That’s what’s so heartbreaking. These kids don’t have the bandwidth to understand that this isn’t forever. It’ll pass. And they’ll get to high school or college or work or life and find theirs.
No male role models. Nor enough “maleness” in K-12 education.
No, those are not female things. Those are human being things. And it would be nice to see more males in education, particularly in elementary. Why do you think there aren’t more?
You do for sure but at some point not far down the road you need to get aggressive as you did. My heart pours for these parents in the story but they fckd up big time and they failed that little boy
The data don’t support the idea that youth suicide or bullying has fallen as DEI, SEL and other woke programs have been introduced to schools.
That poor kid. Imagine how bad you must feel to take your own life.Indiana boy, 10, kills himself after suffering horrific bullying — parents say they complained to school 20 times
A 10-year-old Indiana boy killed himself after being bullied relentlessly at school, according to his family — who claim to have raised the alarm at least 20 times in the last year.
So terrible.
The school district’s superintendent, Dr. Harold Olin, denied any bullying reports had ever been submitted by either the parents or the boy.
if Harold is found to be lying, he should be hanged in public.
