Between research and writing in these awful days at the end of my Master's Degree, I go home to eat lunch, take a break, and watch some news. The first video on CNN was of the recent suicide of Jaheem Herrera, of the Atlanta area, an eleven year old boy who committed suicide after being taunted by bullies at school. I found out this is something that has happened earlier this month with a Massachusetts's boy. Both boys, taunted by bullies, were most traumatized by the word "gay." Jaheem's mother said that this label was the hardest for Jaheem to accept and what might have put him over the edge.
Here is the link to check out an ABC News video on Carl Walker-Hoover's suicide just earlier this month.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7328091
CNN hasn't released their video online yet, but it is something to check out.
Why are kids so mean? Some many people out there have been bullied in their lives, why haven't people done something to change this. Is it simple because childhood bullying just finds its way into adult social aggression?
And why is it that homosexuality and being called "gay" is something that is so hard? Stick and stone may break your bones, but words are somehow making these kids commit suicide. We need to better educate our children. This is a serious social problem.
For all of you out there with children, young relatives, or somehow related to school-age children, please educate them on the severe effects of bullying!
[Sorry I posted this before being finished, I am just so ANGRY right now!]
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I totally agree. Oprah had a good show about the severe dangers of bullying, and how parents, children, the community and, especially, schools need to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
I think we need to be more open about sexual/ love preference as a whole society. I wish schools would read good, gay-friendly kids books to children starting in Kindergarten. In fact, I'm gonna list some of these books on progressontheprairie in a second...
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