Thread:4solace/@comment-28482541-20160822144718/@comment-27294075-20160823163212

Julie1959 wrote: Wow, that is just so shocking, tragic and heartbreaking. All these little lives yet to live, families torn apart and for what!! It's so hard to take in just what suffering a child endures to think suicide is the only way out. Surely even a bully can't be so cold hearted that they are not affected by this. Such a young age to be tormented.

4Solace, my heart aches, you have enough stress and issues to deal with and you deserve so much credit for your daughter and her behaviour. She is a blessing for sure.

My great niece  just turned 12 and on Facebook, I cringe when I see her posts and fear for her safety but her mother sees no wrong. More needs to be done to save these young lives.

Julie, so well said...and by so many on this thread.(Merri, I ditto your writing, but it seemed a weird way to express my feelings.) The situation is just so close to any mother or grandmothers heart. Mine included. The flood of memories which came back having been bullied on the recess ground myself as a kid. These memories don't go away even after 50 years.

Then I find myself in the middle of being bullied by these all "grownup" bullies again just recently. Only now it's called "cyber bullying", and done in a more passive-aggressive matter. It is heartbreaking also....But yes, it is done.

I think this was the shock and pain I felt when I first read this thread,....that it could and is happening to our precious children today. It's so much more than taking your lunch money, or laughing at your clothing. I have never understood this kind of meanness in people, I don't think I ever will. Cliques will always exist....but meanness and even hate does not have to...IMO.

4solace, having pulled myself together, I wish you much support, compassion and love for you and your daughter. This new support group your daughter is forming is such a great idea for this situation. Much success...