A mother's story

September 10, 2011 9:21 PM

Jessica Logan was harshly bullied at school. Her mother, Cynthia, shares her thoughts about bullying with CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith.

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by Kimberlysmom September 18, 2011 5:28 AM EDT: Great job Cynthia. Thank you for giving our children a voice. You did a beautiful job telling Jessie's story. I'm so proud of you. I know I couldn't have kept it together as well telling Kimberly's story.
To everyone out there who thinks "this can't happen in my family" I'm here to tell you that it can. It can happen in ANY family. I lost my beautiful 12 year old daughter to bullycide, and as close as she and I were, as much as she told me about EVERYTHING else in her life, she never told me about the bullying at school. I only found out about it after the fact. After my baby had died. Please, if you even hear your child say that they don't like a particular child "just because he/she's mean", find out EXACTLY why they think that child is mean. Keep pushing until you know the truth. Ask your childs rfiends to explain it if necessary. Kimberly had told me on several occasions that the girl who was bullying her was mean. When I asked her why she would say that, Kimberly just replied "she just IS". She never told me she was being hit by this girl every day. Her friends told me about it after the fact. Please. Do whatever needs to be done to protect your children. I only wish I had known sooner...
Like Kevin Epling said..."We don't want any other parents to join this club."; Reply to this comment


by hopalong30 September 16, 2011 10:09 PM EDT: That really angers me. It makes me wonder what those kids felt when the person that they were bullying killed themselves because of what they did and said and what exactly their parents felt. I know if I had a child that I found out was doing that to another child, the cell phone and computer would be GONE and they would not be coming back. I would get rid of them and I would tell my child that no child of mine will treat someone like that.; Reply to this comment


by ramdkk_3 September 16, 2011 9:13 PM EDT: This really saddens me. School officials and parents should be aware of what their kids are doing and put a stop to this bullying! Why can't parents teach their kids to be nice to one another? I am sorry for the pain each of these families and all of those families of children who are bullied.; Reply to this comment


by layanna2012 September 16, 2011 8:54 PM EDT: I'm watching this right now & I'm BEYOND ANGRY!!!! First of all it's THE PARENTS & TEACHERS FAULT LOOK THINK ABOUT THIS UM IF YOU NEED TO MOVE YOU KID TO MORE THEN ONE SCHOOL THERE'S SOMETHING REALLYYYYYYYY WRONG HERE & HELLO THE PARENTS SHOULD TELL THE TEACHERS & OR EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW ALL KIDS THAT BULLY SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD! WHICH MEANS THEY WILL GROW UP TO BE LOWLIFES & UNEDUCATED FURTHER MORE WHY ARE THESE KIDS CAUSING EVEN MORE PAIN FOR THEMSELVES BY KEEP GOING TO THE COMPUTER THE SAME SITE JUST DON'T VISIT IT! AND WHY AREN'T THE POLICE GETTING INVOLVED? UM SEND THE BULLIES TO JUVI HALL BUT HELLO WAKE UP THE PEOPLE & TEACHERS ARE IGNORANT & BLIND LET ALONE UNEDUCATED THEMSELVES! YES THERE ARE WAYS TO PREVENT THIS IF I WAS A PARENT & MY KID WAS BEING BULLIED I WOULD HAVE THE POLICE RIGHT AT THEIR DOOR SUE THEIR PARENTS & THEIR SHOULD BE A NEW LAW NO KID WILL GET BACK INTO SCHOOL IF IT CONTINUES OR IF IT'S THAT OUTTA CONTROL HAVE UR KID HOME SCHOOLED OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS HID OUT GET THESE KIDS ON TAPE FROM UR PHONE THEN THERE'S PROOF & HAVE THEM ARRESTED & KEEP HAVING THEM ARRESTED TILL IT STOPS ( MY MOTTO IS IF THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY TO STOP BULLING ) SO NO I DON'T FEEL BAD ONE BIT WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN ALWAYS BE DONE!; Reply to this comment

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