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Sweets13
Bella Bambini
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17 year old West Islip girl...
committed suicide over being cyber bullied
I swear, my kids being bullied is one of my biggest fears. I think it is horrible that KIDS have to worry about this crap when they should just be having a worry free life.
This is a comment from her father
"I'm not hiding what happened in hopes it saves another kid... They don't understand how much suffering and pain this does to those that are left... Remember her for all the positive things. She was always upbeat, always the competitor, always sticking up for her friends."
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eddiesmommy
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
I agree, its my biggest fear.
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:02 AM |
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conigs25
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
That poor girl. To feel this was her only way out. Why are kids so mean to one another?
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:08 AM |
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josie919
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
I was just watching HLN news yesterday and the parents of a teenage autistic boy were on, talking about how he had committed suicide because the kids at school bullied him - put him in lockers, beat him up, spit in his food, etc. This was in GA, but they are trying to have a bill passed that holds the bully somewhat responsible for the deaths of these children. It's just horrible what these kids are going through.
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:08 AM |
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Smileyd17
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
SO so sad
I say this all the time with FB and all these online sites that I will monitor (or whatever new things come down the rd) what my DC use in hopes they dont even encounter things like that.
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:10 AM |
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JennasMom
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
It is very heartbreaking and as the mother of a 17 yo boy let me say the cattiness is not reserved for girls. Ii admit I do monitor my DS's facebook page and some of the comments that I have seen written on his wall have left me speechless
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mooshyboo
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
omg soo sad ~ one of my biggest fears for my son! Thoughts & prayers go out to her family No child should have to go through this
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:18 AM |
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KateDevine
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
It is out of control what some of these kids do. My SIL is 18 and her ex-bf's new gf and her friends made up a fake FB with all of my SIL's information just to make fun of her 
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:21 AM |
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nicrae
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
Posted by KateDevine
It is out of control what some of these kids do. My SIL is 18 and her ex-bf's new gf and her friends made up a fake FB with all of my SIL's information just to make fun of her
That is awful
I am petrified of this happening to Chelsea when she gets older. Kids can be so cruel.
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:23 AM |
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My4GirlsMyLife
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
That is so sad ! My dd has been picked on since the first day of kindergarden ,and I am sorry but where does a 5 yr old learn to call someone fat, but from their parent's or someone close to them I always make sure I talk to my kids about bullying!
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| Posted 3/24/10 11:26 AM |
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jam11308
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
This is one of my biggest fears too 
They're saying that the bullying/nasty comments about are are still being posted on the tribute pages that were set up in her memory & that her friends are continuously deleting the comments from the pages. That's just so, so unreal to me - the posters are absolute monsters...
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HeathKernandez
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
this is a huge fear of mine as well....
OMG I JUST READ SOMEWHERE THAT SHE WAS BULLIED ON FORMSPRING...
my professor JUST mentioned this in class... its a website where a person joins and people can anonymously comment on them... We wondered how long before a teen commites suicide over this...
Later that night my 13 year old cousin wrote smething on her fb about how formspring is lame b/c people can't put their names next to their mean comments... I looked on older posts on her fb and realized SHE created a page for herself and I saw a few mean comments people wrote to her. I emailed her and BEGGED her to delete her site, that nothing good can come of this... thankfully she did...
this is so horrible...
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Ophelia
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
sweet Jesu. God rest her soul.
what kind of little fuckers are people raising that they peck someone to death?!
this is why I am enrolling Luce in Karate. I feel like he will develop a love and self respect that I may not be able to teach him myself. I just pray it will be enough. 
I also pray for the hair and teeth of the parents of the kids who try to bully mine.  
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kathleeng
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
This is horrible!! Bullying needs to be taken so much more seriously. I remember it being so heartbreaking when I taught. The thing that got me the most was the level of denial in many parents of those doing the bullying. They frequently had such a "not my kid" mentality. It is such a horrible and painful occurance. I remember my parents being so strict about it. I was a pretty quiet kid myself, but if it was even inferred that we were treating a kid in a harmful way, HOLY SH!T we had hell to pay!!
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Diana1215
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
How heartbreaking for that poor girl who thought there was no way out, and for her poor parents. May none of us ever know that kind of pain.
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JandJ1224
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
This is our community. It is really so sad, I just don't get what is wrong with people. How could they be so mean!
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MrsRivera
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
This is something I think about all the time.
I was teased MERCILESSLY when I was in school--particularly by 1 boy, from the time I was in 2nd grade until 11th grade when he finally graduated.
But a whole bunch of girls jumped on the bandwagon in middle school. Going to school was my own personal hell.
What can I do, except to try and make sure that my daughter has the confidence and self-esteem that I didn't have?
I hate that we can't protect our kids from all the disgusting people out there
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lvdolphins
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
its awful! My biggest fear
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nbc188
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
That is horrible  It's one of my biggest fears as well (bullying and just being picked on in general)  I wish we could wrap them in bubbles.
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Sweets13
Bella Bambini
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
The problem that I have seen/heard is that once you report it to the school, the kid is picked on even more. I also heard that the parents of the bullies are no better. It seems that there is no where to turn and doing something about it only makes it worse for the kid who is being bullied. What the he LL
are these kids/parents supposed to do? This is reason why some kids who are being bullied NEVER tell their parents in fear that they might make it worse by reporting it.
Ugh...I hope they find out who those biatches are that bullied this 17 yr old. I hope they are tormented for their selfish actions!
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
Posted by eddiesmommy
I agree, its my biggest fear.
me too..this is just terrible
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Shanti
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
One of my nightmares is bullying - so sad
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Sweets13
Bella Bambini
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
Posted by My3girlsMylife
That is so sad ! My dd has been picked on since the first day of kindergarden ,and I am sorry but where does a 5 yr old learn to call someone fat, but from their parent's or someone close to them I always make sure I talk to my kids about bullying!
Are u kidding me?!?! I just can't believe this sh*t starts at 5 years old! I dont know how I will react if one my kids comes home and says they are being bullied.
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MarisaK
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Re: 17 year old West Islip girl...
Posted by Sweets13
The problem that I have seen/heard is that once you report it to the school, the kid is picked on even more. I also heard that the parents of the bullies are no better. It seems that there is no where to turn and doing something about it only makes it worse for the kid who is being bullied. What the he LL
are these kids/parents supposed to do? This is reason why some kids who are being bullied NEVER tell their parents in fear that they might make it worse by reporting it.
Ugh...I hope they find out who those biatches are that bullied this 17 yr old. I hope they are tormented for their selfish actions!
Kids are cruel - and in REAL LIFE so are adults - I honestly believe that part of the problem lately is that we coddle our kids too much 'everyone is a winner, everyone makes the team, everyone gets a prize' etc etc when they're very young, b/c everyone is so paranoid about hurting their 'self image' ....so they never learn the coping skills necessary to deal with REAL LIFE situations as they grow up. -
I am sure at one point in time EVERY single person has been made fun of or tormented in some way - it's part of life, people can be cruel - sometimes you don't make the baseball team, you know what? it means you weren't good enough of a player, it sucks and it's devestating and it makes you feel like crap and as a parent I absolutely DREAD this day - but you know what? it's REAL life - You need to find something ELSE that you can excel at b/c instead of going up to the school and throwing a fit and pointing fingers and placing blame, I think it's MORE important for me to teach my kid that everyone is great at SOMETHING, and rather than dwelling on what you don't like about yourself, and what you may not be able to change, you need to concentrate and focus on the things you DO like about yourself and what you can improve on - It's MY responsibility to make sure my kid develops the life skills to handle any and all situations - it's not my responsibility to make sure my kid's feelings are never hurt -
I am not at all placing blame on the parents here - but you can not put 100% of the blame for this on some 17 year old kid who's just being a 'bully' - do you want to break their face? sure - but really? they're 17 years old .......or even younger - and people don't get much better at 25 or 40 or 60 .......they are who they are -
So rather than stressing over what I can't control, I feel I need to do my best to prepare my kid for anything and everything that may come his way -
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