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Post by High Plains Drifter on Nov 30, 2017 19:40:41 GMT
Seriously, a 10 year committed suicide. WTH is going on in this world? A mother and father in Aurora, Colorado, say their 10-year-old daughter committed suicide over video of a fight with an alleged bully. Ashawnty Davis, was only in fifth grade. She was a happy girl until everything changed at the end of October when she was involved in a fight after school, her parents told KDVR. They say it was her first fight and it was recorded by another student and posted on an app called Musical.ly. The video shows Ashawnty and another student fighting, while other kids watched. Ashawnty's mother, Latoshia Harris, says her daughter had been confronting the girl who had been bullying her. "I saw my daughter was scared," she said. The video is difficult to watch. But Ashawnty's parents are sharing it to help other parents. "She was devastated when she found out that it had made it to Musical.ly," said her father, Anthony Davis. "My daughter came home two weeks later and hanged herself in the closet," said Harris. She was on life support for two weeks before passing away Wednesday. Her parents say she was the victim of "bullycide." The term is used when someone takes his or her own life because of bullying. "We have to stop it, and we have to stop it within our kids," said Davis. "I want other parents to know it's happening," Harris said. "That was my baby, and I love my baby, and I just want mothers to listen." The school district issued the following statement regarding the incident: “This is a heartbreaking loss for the school community. Mental health supports will be made available for any students who need help processing the loss. We do not tolerate bullying of any kind in our schools and we have a comprehensive bullying prevention program in place at all of our schools. The safety and wellbeing of students is our highest priority and we strive every today to ensure schools are safe, welcoming and supportive places that support learning. We were made aware of that video when a media outlet approached us with it. We took immediate action in response, turning the video over to police and addressing the matter with students. It should also be noted that the video did not take place during school hours.” 10-Year-Old Colorado Girl Commits Suicide After Alleged Bullying Incident Caught on Camera
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Post by novastar6 on Nov 30, 2017 19:48:24 GMT
Seriously, a 10 year committed suicide. WTH is going on in this world? Maybe it's just me but I don't recall hearing of any kids this young killing themselves before every single thing they did made it onto social media where it will stay for eternity. People think it's good for kids to have phones, to be on social media, saying 'it's the way the world is', no, it's how you CHOOSE to be in the name of peer pressure, the reality is they are nowhere near equipped to deal with the repercussions and fallout that ensues. People say it's not that hard to block bullies online like in real life, in real life most bullies are confined to school, online bullies are all over the world, no it's not easier to ignore them, because once something's online it NEVER GOES AWAY. In real life, people may remember something that wasn't recorded but in time memories fade and people forget and everybody stops talking about it. Add to the fact people NEVER have the guts to say in person what the hoards of trolls post online to innocent victims, even children. BIG difference.
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Post by hi224 on Nov 30, 2017 22:14:04 GMT
Seriously, a 10 year committed suicide. WTH is going on in this world? Maybe it's just me but I don't recall hearing of any kids this young killing themselves before every single thing they did made it onto social media where it will stay for eternity. People think it's good for kids to have phones, to be on social media, saying 'it's the way the world is', no, it's how you CHOOSE to be in the name of peer pressure, the reality is they are nowhere near equipped to deal with the repercussions and fallout that ensues. People say it's not that hard to block bullies online like in real life, in real life most bullies are confined to school, online bullies are all over the world, no it's not easier to ignore them, because once something's online it NEVER GOES AWAY. In real life, people may remember something that wasn't recorded but in time memories fade and people forget and everybody stops talking about it. Add to the fact people NEVER have the guts to say in person what the hoards of trolls post online to innocent victims, even children. BIG difference. this.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Dec 1, 2017 1:26:31 GMT
Sad to hear.
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Post by pippinmaniac on Dec 1, 2017 15:34:10 GMT
Social media SHOULD be a good thing, but so many times it turns out to be the worst thing that could happen to you, if it is misused. Maybe schools need to have a class on how to responsibly use social media.
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Post by deembastille on Dec 1, 2017 20:09:28 GMT
A ten year old should not even know what suicide IS! They should not even know the definition of the word much less what the definition means.
As much as I hate bullying, I must advise against just up and confronting a bully without any sort of backup whether it is friends, teachers, administrators or parents. That is if the child should confront them to begin with.
And if she started hitting back that could be a problem. When assaulted the best thing for a child to do is cross their arms over their head, crouch down and start screaming.
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Post by deembastille on Dec 1, 2017 20:15:20 GMT
Social media SHOULD be a good thing, but so many times it turns out to be the worst thing that could happen to you, if it is misused. Maybe schools need to have a class on how to responsibly use social media. We do. Problem is kids don't think it will happen to them. They think they can online bully someone and get away with it because they get to hide behind a computer screen. Also, many parents of both bullies and victims don't discuss appropriate internet usage or take proper measures when improper usage has been proven. And usually, bully parents are ten times worse than the kids. No lie.
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Post by pippinmaniac on Dec 1, 2017 20:58:55 GMT
Social media SHOULD be a good thing, but so many times it turns out to be the worst thing that could happen to you, if it is misused. Maybe schools need to have a class on how to responsibly use social media. We do. Problem is kids don't think it will happen to them. They think they can online bully someone and get away with it because they get to hide behind a computer screen. Also, many parents of both bullies and victims don't discuss appropriate internet usage or take proper measures when improper usage has been proven. And usually, bully parents are ten times worse than the kids. No lie. That's true. It all comes back to the parents.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 2, 2017 0:47:19 GMT
Social media SHOULD be a good thing, but so many times it turns out to be the worst thing that could happen to you, if it is misused. Maybe schools need to have a class on how to responsibly use social media. Maybe but kids don't care unfortunately. And parents won't confront them about their behavior since everyone's child is a perfect angel.
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Post by NewtJorden on Dec 2, 2017 1:53:23 GMT
That is so sad
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Post by Terrapin Station on Dec 2, 2017 12:33:04 GMT
So you do everything you can to stop bullying, but short of modifying persons' brains at birth, bullying is still going to occur sometimes. After all, making something illegal never completely stops that activity.
So, in light of the fact that some people are still going to be bullied, even if we were to have the death penalty for bullying, we should look at this: how are we going wrong in raising kids that they're so ill-equipped to deal with bullying? Just what are we doing wrong that we're raising kids who are potentially so distraught by bullying that they'd take their own life in response? How can we better prepare our kids for bullying?
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Post by deembastille on Dec 2, 2017 13:31:08 GMT
Terrapin... it's mot just being prepared for bullying, it is where the bullying is coming from...
as an example: andy from the Breakfast club... he got in trouble [which was basically assault] because he essentially wanted to prove something to his old man. his father would always jaw about 'the good ole days' and the pranks and antics he did growing up and andy wanted his father to be proud of him. this IS how kids think. they don't think about pride of a child being good grades, being a good young citizen, doing good deeds but doing something EQUAL to their parents when they were their age.
Many bullies go home to bullies, either adult bullies who rehash the 'it was so cool' times or adult bullies who still bully, either through intimidation, laziness [^I don't need to work my man has 3 jobs] or just never growing up. I see this all the time where I work. most bullies go home to proud parents who are bullies themselves.
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Post by novastar6 on Dec 2, 2017 20:04:25 GMT
Terrapin... it's mot just being prepared for bullying, it is where the bullying is coming from... as an example: andy from the Breakfast club... he got in trouble [which was basically assault] because he essentially wanted to prove something to his old man. his father would always jaw about 'the good ole days' and the pranks and antics he did growing up and andy wanted his father to be proud of him. this IS how kids think. they don't think about pride of a child being good grades, being a good young citizen, doing good deeds but doing something EQUAL to their parents when they were their age. Many bullies go home to bullies, either adult bullies who rehash the 'it was so cool' times or adult bullies who still bully, either through intimidation, laziness or just never growing up. I see this all the time where I work. most bullies go home to proud parents who are bullies themselves. Don't forget Bender, you know what he went home to at the end of the day, a bastard who berates his wife and burns his kid with cigars.
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Post by MrFurious on Dec 3, 2017 0:33:12 GMT
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Post by novastar6 on Dec 4, 2017 16:57:25 GMT
Makes me glad that most of the kids I know have already grown up. It also makes me glad that my parents taught me to think for myself, I've had no problem being the 'bad guy' who says no to kids since I was 16. When I have kids they're not going to have smartphones or tablets.
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