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Domer90
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Wow! Awesome.
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Rozellelily
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It’s great to hear the update with your son and that he’s making friends from Church and gaining some confidence and stamina.
What an awful situation that your son had to endure from those bullying children!
There must be really something awful happening in their home life to get to get to become at this level, I can only presume.
It’s horrible enough at school but now with social media, some kids don’t even get rest and safety from it after school.
It is little wonder that we hear of teens committing suicide due to bullying as they are living in a chronic stress state.
Im glad that the school suspended the students but I’m not sure in general if this is enough.
Some kids view suspensions as a holiday (or at least they did in my day).
It’s truly amazing that this sort of behaviour would never be tolerated/accepted in our workplaces, yet society still has a mentality that it’s tolerable in the schoolyard -where kids brains are still growing and potentially vulnerable?!..
What an awful situation that your son had to endure from those bullying children!
There must be really something awful happening in their home life to get to get to become at this level, I can only presume.
It’s horrible enough at school but now with social media, some kids don’t even get rest and safety from it after school.
It is little wonder that we hear of teens committing suicide due to bullying as they are living in a chronic stress state.
Im glad that the school suspended the students but I’m not sure in general if this is enough.
Some kids view suspensions as a holiday (or at least they did in my day).
It’s truly amazing that this sort of behaviour would never be tolerated/accepted in our workplaces, yet society still has a mentality that it’s tolerable in the schoolyard -where kids brains are still growing and potentially vulnerable?!..
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Domer90
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You make so many good points. I actually asked my therapist what he thought the issue was, and he said that many parents don’t want to parent anymore. They want to be their kid’s friend, not their parent. And I have seen postings of this.
After the June 2019 allegation that my son used his Instagram account to threaten students (he found this out from kids who attend our parish), he was really depressed. The lymphoma he had was very aggressive, and the chemo regimen was changed at the last minute. He lost nearly all support except from the Church community. His friend since basically birth found out the details and told my son to close his Instagram account. However, the original 20-22 students who were in on this plot, one that was supposedly very well planned, were threatened with expulsion because they were threatening a kid who had not attended the school in a year and who left the school with a perfect conduct record and never retaliated when in school.
My son did reluctantly reopen his Instagram account to follow fellow students at his cyber school and fellow altar servers. Many former classmates wanted to keep in touch with him. My husband and I monitor his account. Basically, group has disbanded and the ringleader from day one let out enough rope to hang herself. Nobody wants to associate with her. She hangs out with kids from other schools.
We are really trying to put this behind us. Sadly, my son is still a little scared but mostly feels really good about his future despite the worry that the cancer will come back. Thank you for your kind post.
After the June 2019 allegation that my son used his Instagram account to threaten students (he found this out from kids who attend our parish), he was really depressed. The lymphoma he had was very aggressive, and the chemo regimen was changed at the last minute. He lost nearly all support except from the Church community. His friend since basically birth found out the details and told my son to close his Instagram account. However, the original 20-22 students who were in on this plot, one that was supposedly very well planned, were threatened with expulsion because they were threatening a kid who had not attended the school in a year and who left the school with a perfect conduct record and never retaliated when in school.
My son did reluctantly reopen his Instagram account to follow fellow students at his cyber school and fellow altar servers. Many former classmates wanted to keep in touch with him. My husband and I monitor his account. Basically, group has disbanded and the ringleader from day one let out enough rope to hang herself. Nobody wants to associate with her. She hangs out with kids from other schools.
We are really trying to put this behind us. Sadly, my son is still a little scared but mostly feels really good about his future despite the worry that the cancer will come back. Thank you for your kind post.
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Annie
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This might be a good thing to ask as a topic of its own 
You would probably get a lot of good answers.
You would probably get a lot of good answers.
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JanR
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That is one reason for monitoring and possibly restricting kids’ social media exposure. The bullying can be deadly.
While social media may have its benefits for some, I think it’s more destructive than useful. There are better ways to stay in contact with people we wish to, which allow us to screen out the troublemakers.
Social media has become another platform for bullies to destroy people, or at least try to. Our technology is being abused big time. Society needs to start caring about this and doing something constructive about it, WITHOUT getting the government involved.
While social media may have its benefits for some, I think it’s more destructive than useful. There are better ways to stay in contact with people we wish to, which allow us to screen out the troublemakers.
Social media has become another platform for bullies to destroy people, or at least try to. Our technology is being abused big time. Society needs to start caring about this and doing something constructive about it, WITHOUT getting the government involved.
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Domer90
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Instagram is the only outlet I allow him, except for texting relatives and me or my husband. A fellow altar server and now weekend sacristan have become closer friends. He asked her mom’s blessings to ask her to lunch. She agreed (but is very shy). They have served with each other for years, but she was always too shy to talk to Chris. But, now they are making plans for lunch. Her mom is head of our RCIA program. They are a very devout family. I am happy for both of them. I really hope they stay friends.
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