Posted on 02/04/2014 7:14:31 AM PST by Olog-hai
An 11-year-old boy is in the hospital after trying to commit suicide—the victim of bullying at school.
It’s not a new problem in North Carolina, but this puts a new face on the age-old problem as Michael Morones remains in WakeMed with a tube down his throat and potentially life-long brain damage.
Michael tried to kill himself, apparently because he could no longer take the torrent of bullying he was facing at school.
“He’s the kid that never walks. He dances everywhere,” said Michael’s mother, Tiffany Morones-Suttle. “He’s so full of energy. He’s always on the move.” …
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Prayers up for the poor kid.
I don’t care if he likes My Little Pony.
My sis loved my electric trains...what’s the difference?
uhhh.....Google “Bronies” and then do your best to discourage ANY children from being fans of this program.
Also, a "Step-Dad" is mentioned and quoted. No Dad.
Some of us gave back as good as we got.
No problem.
I wonder if the child has been told anything of God. That could help.
Apples and oranges. Only recently has “bullying” (another word that since adopted as buzzword, is becoming dumbed down) become a popular cause celebre. Admittedly because of homos, even if they try to hide that fact.
In our day bullies were known, but it wasn’t a publicity stunt, just a fact of life for many and we had to deal with it.
I will say we never heard about so many suicides for KIDS. Maybe family structure being better then mAde the difference. Not so much insecurity. Personally I dealt with some bullies and LOTS of just plain mean kids, but my family was wonderful. My parents, and even my many cousins, I thank God for them. They played with me rather than belittling my ugliness.
"It teaches the most basic moral values to a lot of complex thoughts," said Michael's step-father, Shannon Suttle.
Seems the step-dad is a big fan of My Little Pony.
Yeah. Another difference-maker. See my post. You wonder about the stability of society overall as contributing to even a kid trying to kill himself. Never mind bullying or not.
Article is a little vague. There's a step-dad in the picture.
IMO, a father would step in and say "No, you're not going to play with Pink My Little Pony dolls.", and that would have been the end of it. Or, "The kids are teasing you for playing with Pink dolls? So stop doing it. What did you expect?".
'Tis what I would have done. But then again, I'm not a new-age PITA pushover like the mom and step-dad in the article.
The difference is it’s OK to be manly and scary to be womanly.
No matter how much homos and feminists successfully attack, this is still the way. Women are viewed as lesser and unimportant.
Abolish school, the longest-running hoax of all time.
Bullies and their parents should be jailed.
Dealing with bullying is one sided. Going after bullies. While this should be done, it is just as important to teach kids to DEAL WITH bulling. Why a kid is being bullied will likely continue, bullies will always exist, why not teach kids how to deal with it? “Education” is key to preventing and dealing with bullying. A combined curriculum for bullies and victims should be mandatory for all students.
Meanwhile, we girls are never stopped from being like boys.
Because boys are so much better than girls. God forbid a boy show any interest in pink.
Agreed.
I know you didn't mean to degrade stepfathers but that strikes a nerve.
A lot of us have taken the job on voluntarily and worked very hard at it. I took on four and love them all. I lost a good friend last year who took on two. His daughter said at his funeral “He was my stepfather- he stepped up, he stepped in, and he stepped over anything that got in the way of being a great father.”
I had a chance to watch some of Duck Dynasty last night.
One of the Roberston sons hired an expensive “pet photographer” to do a session with his mom Miss Kay and her beloved dogs.
The father Phil Robertson hears of it and opines, “’Pet photographer’...that’s the degree you get when you are rejected for ‘aromatherapist’.”
The photographer shows up and is very much a priss. Phil catches one look at him and says, “Oh-oh Miss Kay we got one with mommy issues.”
Ha!
I know what you mean.
My mother ran off with her 2 small children decades ago, which the kids were OK with. A couple years later she met my dad and very shortly they were married. My dad adopted the 2 who asked “can we call you daddy?” when they announced the news to the 6yos. He did everything for them and bio dad had nothing to do with it.
Recently my sister’s best friend revealed before my sister died that she asked if sis ever told her bio dad about her cancer. She said she doesn’t know him and doesn’t care. My dad had a nice breakdown when my sister was actually dying. He loved those kids and worked hard with them.
Yep...family is a big help.
I was seldom taken to church as a child and when I was a child God wasn’t so hidden from the public square. (I still don’t attend church but I now looking for one)
In my child’s mind God was a big old super hero who was at my side when nobody else was. My invisible friend that loved me even when I didn’t think anybody else did. I could tell Him anything.
I knew a few songs...I think knowing something of God if even not a disciplined knowledge...it has carried me through many a storm in my life.
I don’t watch the show but I would’ve spewed coffee out my nose if I heard that. LOL
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