Parents started taking precautions when 9 year old kids started committing suicide, there have 2 kids in my nephews class to take their own lives, I think it's pretty fucking sad when it comes to a KID taking their own life because a kid is making fun of them.

1 of the kids that committed suicide was teased because he didn't have Silly Bands, because his parents couldn't afford to buy them. He died over pieces of fucking rubber.

I also find it sad, that a lot of people in this thread is making light about it too. You may see it as teasing, fact is.....ah fuck it, no matter what I say about it, you people are just gonna put it off as it's only harmful teasing.

 

Overhaulimus, that's terrible but it's not the teasing that's the issue here.

Kids aren't just well-adjusted, happy, and normal one day when all of a sudden they get made fun of over rubberbands and kill themselves. There's much more hideous entities there that far overshadows a few taunts and verbal jabs. Or you can just blame McDonalds for getting kids fat, while you're at it.

 

  Now! That's what I'm talkin' 'bout! Thank God I was raised by pitbulls in Louisiana!

 

Can we just declare this thread over now? If not, then:

WINNER!

 

People are so weird when they bully someone for liking something like that.

 

Can u imagine if the kid was a star trek fan? Yeesh.

 

Boys who like girls are teh gay.

 

Being on the receiving end of it for almost my entire school life it leaves scars, to what degree depends on if you have any positive to go along with the negative, someone who has a whole school against them 24/7 needs to be helped somehow, someone who gets some jabs here and there thats kids being kids.

I don't have a clear perspective on this to say the least, kids need to be let develop, but they can't also just be fed to the wolves like raw meat either.

/shudder, they destroyed what little like I had of Star Wars after the third round of special editions...
did you know that all 6 films maybe released AGAIN in 3d?????

 

You can only do that if you play guitar and are not a virgin.

 

Yeah, no kidding. I remember the homeboys making fun of me for wearing Nike shoes when Reebok was the in-thing back in middle school. I remember not being upset, but just thinking, "Wow, really?"

Point is, kids are cruel and school is the last vestige of the animal kingdom, or the wild west - or whatever analogy suits you - as it applies to people. Their unrefined mentalities are similar to that of animals who mostly concern themselves with domination.

A lot of bullying wouldn't happen if parents were better at teaching their kids that just like animals in the wild, the predators are going to attack the weakest looking members of the pack. So not looking weak goes a long way. Chin up, shoulders back, look self assured and confident - even if, like me when I was a kid, all you want is to be left in peace.

 

Shit, you're right. I can't believe I forgot the most integral part!

 

So the other day, I walked into school, and a buddy of mine saluted to me and called me Saddam Hussein. That kinda peeved me, so I kicked him in the chest and laughed it off instead of blogging about it. True story.
Kids need to learn to do stuff like that, or they're free to kill themselves later on. I, like other people in this thread, don't sympathize with the families of those kids, just because they got a bad egg. Imagine what those suicide kids would be like if the world around them was ultra-plush, and they were suddenly dumped into this world as adults.

 

A lot of people seem to think the solution to any sort of bullying is just to 'man up and fight back'. Violence is apparently the answer. A lot of people aren't in a position to do that.

And unfortunately some of these kids felt suicide was the answer. Then there's also the Columbine kids who decided to go with a combination of the two.

A better solution would be to not focus on bullying so much as creating a more cohesive environment for everyone. It's not just the kids that are picked on that suffer. Don't stand by while someone is excluded or abused. There were times I did, and I deeply regret it. The real coward is not the one kid, unable to stick up for themselves against the crowd, it's the kids that allow the situation to develop because they want to fit in.

 

All violence was good for was defending myself. When they learned they couldn't hurt me physically they tried to bully me mentally. Really with some people it doesn't stop. They need to pick on smeone to feel better about themselves. If it hadn't been me they would have found someone else. Luckily I moved away. I still got teased occasionally, but it wasn't one group of kids sole purpose in life to break me anymore. Once I got to college with people with IQ's and better things to do, it stopped completely.

 

lol

 

Just had a thought: No 1st grader would ever be bullied for liking Dexter.

 

The guy with the laboratory or the guy with all the knives and plastic sheeting?

 

This! hahahaha