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It's a quiet day and I'm catching up on news and other reading materials...just finished reading the article below...it is so very heart-breaking...be sure to read the posted comments (over 500*) following the article...maybe if there are much harsher penalties imposed on those who bully others, things like this won't happen...it makes me so sad after reading this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30bully.html

More than one commenter says that the bullied girl is the one that took her own life, not the kids who teased her mercilessly...maybe that's what physically happened and maybe there are some kids who would have been stronger and been able to cope better, but the simple truth is we are not all the same in our physical and psychological make-up.

Who knows why some survive trauma perfectly intact and others never fully recover? It's not for us to judge what is going through another person's mind. Not all seemingly similar situations are equal...maybe one bullied teen has a better support system at home than someone who ends up self-destructing.


But the even more crucial question is: why was this behavior ever allowed in the first place? Bullying is a serious offense and one of the worst things that can happen to kids in middle and high school.



(*I mention the comments because at least a dozen or so of the posts are better-written and more heartfelt than a news story ever could be...)