Destruction of society

As I watched the news about the 11 year old boy who took his own life in the US after being constantly bullied and "verbally abused" at school really saddens me a lot that such a young soul had resorted to such an ending. It has also come to light that another boy of the same age did the very same thing not long after the former incident. There have been a lot of "blame tossing" between the officials, school and parents on who should be responsible in curbing such things from happening again. What has been really done to sort this serious issue out?

Is the society hearing that LOUD cry on the seriousness of such events? It is always easier to BLAME others than reflect upon ourselves and our actions. Where is the main source that had led to children needing to show their authority and verbally abusing innocent souls by bullying the hell out of them just because they "looked different or fit a certain image"? As far as I am concern; as much as the government and school officials are responsible to keep the children safe from harm; PARENTS are as equally responsible and in fact MORE SO!

Parents of the bullies have to start reflecting on their behaviour in front of their children that may have some connection to their child's behaviour and outburst. Society as a whole is to reflect on themselves as well! Shame on you, shame on them, shame on all of us!

Do the bullies of the 2 children mentioned above "ACTUALLY" feel sorry for what they have caused in spite of the fact they apologized for their cruel behaviour? Does the death of the victim wake them up? I do wonder how sincere their apologies are in reality. I sure hope they have learnt their lesson and on their way to becoming responsible and compassionate beings!

PARENTS PLAY an important role in a child's life and their behaviour apart from "outer influences"! Sure you can blame on genes as well if you want. However, ultimately taking the responsibility of being aware of your own behaviour and what you say, your child's behaviour patterns and the "outer influences" that are fed to your child can help in understanding better what is the next best approach to take to counter any negative behaviour patterns in the child - taking time to explain appropriately to the child and not be "stingy" with your information to provide the child with a deeper understanding to a particular issue tackled.

Negative behaviour patterns - if not caught and resolved at the "earliest" stage" can definitely lead to detrimental outcomes. I urge parents to take this issue seriously and I understand no one's a "perfect parent" but do bring your children up as well as you possibly can by being more AWARE of everything - get outside help if you are incapable. Reach out! Educate yourself and your child to be responsible and compassionate beings.

How many innocent souls do we need to lose or "destroy" before everyone starts to WAKE UP??!!

Revised: 10 October 2009
Combat bullying - have a read at SCHS Students Form Club to Combat Bullying.

Published on: Apr 26, 2009 @ 0:48