This story really hit home for me. My eleven year old son is bullied daily at his elementary school primarily by one classmate. However, the intimidation and name calling quickly multiplies when other classmates join in.

I have addressed this issue numerous times with school officials who have talked with this bully repeatedly…to no avail. My son continues to be harrassed on a daily basis.

I am not sure what the answer is, but I do believe school officials should issue more severe punishment, especially to repeat offenders.

Ultimately, the parents should be held accountable. After all, the behavior problem begins and ends at home.

Pam
Southside, AL

me & carl where best friends . and at school i go thru worse stuff and he was the only person who knew what i go thru nthen and now . i love you like a brother carl and never will forget you. bye

I feel so sad for Carls family and for all this young boy had to indure. The story really hit home for me and my family. Listening to Carls Mom telling Carls story, it seamed as if she told my grandsons story which thank God did’nd end up like Carls Story. Thanks to starting in a new school with a wonderful staff and professional counseling I think my grandson will be ok.He like Carl endured terrible bulleing and came close to the same end as Carl. It has been a terrible worry for our family. I think schools must be more aware and stand up children that are being bullied and parents of the bullies need to be called on to the carped about the little hudlums they are raising, some girls included. My heart goes out to Carls Mom and family. I’m proud of her to be so brave in her grieve to speak out and hopefully prevent some other child from having to take such drastic meassures. God bless your family

i do agree that schools need to seriously get off their asses and stop restateing the same damn quotes that they have been quoting since bullying was aware in the schools. Bot trying to confuse the race here but the young man who committed suicide happened to be an African American one of my people.. It hurt me so bad to know that kids would do something so cruel to someone that young … That lets us parents know that no one gives a damn … if you can bully someone till the point that they do not even hesitate to committ suicide then that is very bad… Im thinking about just homeschooling my child… and she is only 4months i can’t stand the thought of anyone’s child let alone mine going through that unessecary bull….It is time for it to stop and for schools parents…etc to take a stand !!!!

I was imediately sick to my stomach when I heard about Carl. My heart goes out to his family and friends and I will say many prays for them that they may find some peace in the future. I have two boys of my own and have unfortunately had to see them go through thier share of bullying. And I believe that most adults don’t do thier part to change the fact that bullying occurs. I think they believe that it is a part of life and we all go through it. Well tell that to Carl and the countless other kids being bullied everyday. Our children go to school to get an education not to be ridiculed! I have always said that if you know abuse is happening and you do nothing to stop it you are as bad as the abuser! People say, well it’s not my business, well guess what …IT IS YOUR BUSINESS! If you are that self-centered then think of it this way, What if it were you! You may be that person’s last hope to get out of the abusive situation.

My prayers are with this family and I hope the school and the bullies are held accountable for Carl’s death. I have a eight year daughter and she is bullied everyday just because she is petite and short. I talk to school officials and they have done NOTHING. My daughter dreads going to school everyday. I have even talked to the bully’s parent and their response is “kids will be kids” and the world is wondering why some kids just SNAP and shoot up their school. I am to the point of beating the crap out of this 8 yr old just so she will know how it feels to be picked on. And lawmakers are saying that parents don’t spend enough time with our children. I am a black American parent and I am involved in every aspect of my children education but there is not a D… thing I can do to stop the bullying when I am not there. The schools need to do something more to these bullies than talk!

You can actually press charges against the school if they are not stopping the Bullying. Check out your Code of Conduct from the District Office. Do not let Bully continue day in and day out. I am going through same problem. My son actually ended up in a physical confrontation with the bully, which the bully started. My son got suspended for 3 days for defending hisself finally after the school did nothing to help. We owe it to our children to put an end to the bullying.

I have an issue with a school staff that does not encourage parents to press charges against, both the parents of the bullies, an administrations that do not remove these children (the bullies) and place them in an alternative education programs. These children need to be held accountable. In the state of Washington they have penal institutions for elementary through high school children or did when I was growing up. This is a different era in that physical and verbal taunting has escalated and victims and their parents are left with limited recourses to get their children protected and we wonder why there are mass shootings. please! Why does it take a series of senseless deaths, to pass the right law? I applaud this anti bullying bill if it is all inclusive and executed immediately by school administrations.

http://www.ravendays.org/court.html

Forward this to the parents of the children who took their lives due to schoolyard bullying. This will give them an idea that these cases are not isolated, and that cases of such nature have in fact gone to court.

Maybe the parents attorney’s can contact the attorney’s involved in some of these cases to find out how best to proceed in terms of the schools liability, parental liability, discrimination, and hate crimes.

tuesday april 27 th CARL’S MOM APPEARED ON the BEV SMITH.AMERICAN URBAN NETWORK’S SHOW . the STORY Sounds like
the school’s social worker and therapist did not understand. Young black men !