[Scotswife]

I didn’t see any reference to anything “gay”.

Granted...the knee jerk reaction is always “bullying”.
In this story, that appears to be true.

The problem is...after all the “training” - and demands for this or that to be done by adults and kids?
The nature of bullying is that it is done on the sly.
And if you are bullied and go tell an adult? It gets worse.

If you are a bystander and report bullying? Then you start getting bullied.

Bullying is not new - it has not changed - when they taught kids that defending themselves would get in trouble, the problem got worse.
Many bullies stop when they get their own medicine fed back to them - kids aren’t taught this either, unless their parents teach them.

The problem is also worse now because of cell phones and internet. When we were kids we went home and had a break.
It is round the clock for the kids today.

[truthkeeper]

The problem is also worse now because of cell phones and internet. When we were kids we went home and had a break. It is round the clock for the kids today.

You are so right about that.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I didn’t see any reference to anything “gay”.

Neither did I, yet these threads always are an excuse for some to rant and rave about anti-bullying programs being used to promote homosexuality. Its sad.

This is a story about a 13 year old boy, who appears from that picture to be small, who was teased and perhaps bullied. He was obsessed with trains and had an "encyclopedic" knowledge of them so if anything, he may have been slightly autistic. I can easily imagine a small, autistic boy being bullied.

But putting that aside, the message that people should get out of this story is the human tragedy of a sweet 13 year old being that upset and depressed that he kills himself. Not looking for a political agenda.

[SaraJohnson]

Social media has fed a pack mentality among young people like never before. They are exposed to the darkest of the dark displays of abuse and hate. The Left - the ones supposedly in charge of ending bullying - are the biggest intolerant group thinkers and bullies of them all.

I sure wish they could have home schooled this child - at least through middle school. It is a life saving choice sometimes and often makes the difference between a damaged or successful learner. So sad for this child and his family. :(