Middle-class schoolboy, 12, hangs himself after 'bullies taunt he spoke too politely'

What if parents and teachers don't help or even make things worse (like in most cases) and you can't leave school because you need your parents to arrange your moving to another school...

No, there's always a choice. Even home schooling or taking some time-out from education, ANYTHING is a better alternative to killing yourself

There really isn't an argument against that tbh.

And you think a stressed teenager would think that way?!

Yes I do! Many are bullied every single day and it usually DOESN'T result in suicide, because most people are smart enough to know that is not the answer.


Here is the harsh reality:

In most cases, suicide is carried out by the weak-minded.

Which is why I pity them, they wasted their life and hurt the one's that actually care for them. I've nothing else to say on the matter.

How can you teach on to cope with bullying?

You are right about the bullies, they really need psychological help now.

However, I can't find any method to avoid bullying in any case. You need to work with both sides in a very serious way and most of the kids won't cooperate the way needed for the methods to help.

Teenagers usually don't speak to their parents about "childish" problems like bullying, or even worse, parents often don't pay much attention or don't take it serious enough, especially the parents who were not bullied at school.

A schoolboy hanged himself after playground bullies terrorised him for the way he talked, it is claimed.
Bradley Wiseman, 12, who it is claimed was being targeted because of his well-spoken voice, was found at his home on Monday.
Hundreds of friends have now blasted bullies on an online memorial page who are said to have tormented Bradley at his school in Edlington, South Yorkshire.



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Which is why they should be taking responsibility somewhat.
If a child killed themselves partly because of the bullying from my child, I would wonder about how I raised the child, the morals which I taught my child if any at all, and I would be quite ashamed too. Ashamed of him and ashamed of myself.

Well, I remeber when I was in primary school our school held a lecture on the topic of bullying. They told us about what are the common causes of bullying and the right thing to do when facing such situations. I think its more than possible, and as it helps both the bully and the target to get to know what really is going on (because believe me, most bullies feel terrible about what they do but are uncapable of stopping themselves once they have started it), it was tremendously helpful in our case.

Yes, I agree with you on how most people would simply refuse to cooperate, and I think that is due to the fact that people in those situations are ashamed of what they are doing/what others are doing to them, that is why they refuse to talk about it. They are kids, after all, and that feebly attempt to protect their privacy would bound to collapse once someone worthy of their trust turns up. I think parents and teachers who notices things going on should suggest the child to seek psychological help immediately, or even better, guide them in the right way themselves.

If schools cannot teach one to be strong, to love oneself and to love others, then I guess education is far from complete, isn't it?

Society sometimes have a bigger influence on ones education. Some of the bullies come from good families and some even don't really want to be bullies but choose to to avoid being bullied themselves.

Yes I do! Many are bullied every single day and it usually DOESN'T result in suicide, because most people are smart enough to know that is not the answer.


Here is the harsh reality:

In most cases, suicide is carried out by the weak-minded.
Which is why I pity them, they wasted their life and hurt the one's that actually care for them. I've nothing else to say on the matter.

I still can't see this working in America, or Israel (maybe in England it will, still doubt)...

Education is far to far from complete...

It's funny how 100% of the TSR population are anti Daily Mail, yet all of these maudlin articles are from the Mail...

Why do we need sensationalist stories clogging up our newspapers. Is there not anything more newsworthy to make a thread about. These things happen everywhere you look so why should we pay more attention to it simply because it happens in Britain.

What a disgusting, attention seeking post. You're ok with people dismissing your inevitable death as a yawnsome non-event when it happens too I take it?

Of all the things to whine about, you whine about this. Pathetic

With their limited powers and limited resources, how do yo propose they stop it? It's a sad situation, but I feel that teachers don't have anywhere near the freedom they need to do their jobs as well as they could, both in the teaching and social sides to their roles.

Edit: Why the neg?