10 year old hangs herself after bullying

[Sunsetforgotten]

Ten-year-old was bullied before she killed herself, family says - NY Daily News

It is pathetic that our world has come to this. Bullying is becoming a growing issue, and I don't see the teachers/principals doing anything towards stopping it. My brother and myself were both bullied throughout middle school, not so much in high school. I saw the affect it had on him, and it breaks my heart. I can only hope change is made to make things better for children in school.

[LiNuX]

That's terrible. Stuff like this is happening too often.

The teacher should be held responsible for not stepping in. The parents should have done something too when she came home crying.

[Mizel]

That's horrible

[ZXDarknessfalls]

This is a prime example of why we still need to be able to hit kids. And no I am not making fun of this, this is really horrible to hear about. But if a little girl is being bullied like this and no one does anything to stop it I want the right to backhand the one doing it. (Yes there would be to many factors for me to ever actually want to hit a child, but when you see something like this...? Someone out there has gotta understand where I am coming from)

[Sotanji]

This is a prime example of why we still need to be able to hit kids. And no I am not making fun of this, this is really horrible to hear about. But if a little girl is being bullied like this and no one does anything to stop it I want the right to backhand the one doing it. (Yes there would be to many factors for me to ever actually want to hit a child, but when you see something like this...? Someone out there has gotta understand where I am coming from)

I understand exactly where you are comeing from, but this is truly sad and terrible. People need to stand up and stop being so passive, I'm not saying the little girl is at fault at all, but to Menotti honestly seems like people are becoming too passive and carefree lately.

[ZXDarknessfalls]

Exactly! I feel like everyone becoming so passive and everything is actually making things worse. A kid can't stand up for himself anymore without the risk of a fight and the resulting punishment and then some : (

[Sotanji]

In my school the rule was if a fight started both participants would get fined, only acception was if you got hit THREE times and a witness saw it and confirmed it, before you struck back. Which IMO is ridiculous.

[ZXDarknessfalls]

In my school the rule was if a fight started both participants would get fined, only acception was if you got hit THREE times and a witness saw it and confirmed it, before you struck back. Which IMO is ridiculous.

And this is how it is most places now :/ So messed up. If someone starts a fight with you and you don't hit back you still can get fined (and a lot of the time do) unless there are witnesses who say otherwise, in which case the person is bound to get harassed about not fighting back later by other people.

[CraeSC111]

Hmm I think its kinda sad that she took her life. I myself was the victim of bullying through some of middle school. Never really felt too bad about it or felt near to the point of taking my life. Eventually I figured out the bully had home problems and I ridiculed him so much about it made him cry. He never bothered me again. But back to the girl, I think that children these days don't have the self image and self esteem they used to. They are so caught up in what others think if them

[Mizel]

Hmm I think its kinda sad that she took her life. I myself was the victim of bullying through some of middle school. Never really felt too bad about it or felt near to the point of taking my life. Eventually I figured out the bully had home problems and I ridiculed him so much about it made him cry. He never bothered me again. But back to the girl, I think that children these days don't have the self image and self esteem they used to. They are so caught up in what others think if them

Same here. Hell I was bullied up until the end of middle school…. until all the kids became scared of me, and then just wouldn’t talk to me lol But I never felt the urge to kill myself either. At 10 years old, there is something else seriously wrong on top of all the bullying if you’re even *thinking*about killing yourself. Im assuming the news just left out any additional details. Kind of like Columbine being blamed on music and not the real issue.