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If you have children of your own who will not talk to you, find someone that they will talk to. Put them in counseling, or just take time to let them know how much you care, because they may be struggling with more than you could ever know. The world isnt the same place it was when you were kids, your worries and stresses are not the same as those of kids now days. So when your son or daughter is acting up and causing problems, instead of blowing up at them, take a minute to dig down and find out WTF is going on. Chances are they think you hate them or dont care, because no one else in their lives care about them. We get so jaded in our own day to day lives and caught up in the drama of working, or not working, and what have you that we all forget that there is something in our lives that is more important than anything else, our children and family. You will always have your family and children, even if you dont have a house, dont have a job, or a new car or what have you. Material's can be replaced, a life can not.
“My name is (with held). I was bullied and picked on during all my middle school years and even a bit in elementary school. The bullying I suffered was severe. I didn’t have the long flowing hair like some of my peers and because my skin was brown and not light-skinned that was another factor that made me an easy target to pick on. Where I grew up, being light, bright and with long hair was a recipe for popularity. I was “nappy-headed” brown, skinny and regularly called ugly. And that was a recipe for perpetually being picked-on. The bullies would constantly call me names, they would threaten to beat me up after school and sometimes succeed, if I didn’t run. Once I even had a boy beat me up bad on a bus for no reason at all. Kids would taunt me over and over just because. I remember another time a girl just walked up to me and slapped me in the face. I probably was too ugly to look at in her eyes. I have so many horrible stories that I truly can’t describe them all here. And when I got out of middle school, I begged my mother to send me to a different high school than all the other bullies were going to. But my school district would not let me switch schools.In the hood, principals don’t seem to care, teachers barely want to be there and most times parents are too busy with their own life problems to sweat the small stuff. My mom did care and many times she would come up to the school. But she couldn’t sit in class with me. I have cried night after night over my situation and dont know what i else to do. Some nights I contemplate suicide and just dont know where else to turn. Is there any way you can help me? Is there I way I could pay you at a later date. I dont know how much longer I can take this. Is there any way you can help me?”
My heart goes out to this person. I personally know how horrible it is to be bullied, and am going to do everything I can to try and make this person's life a bit easier...this is the part of my "job" that I hate. I dont hate the requests being made of me, just the fact that I am made aware of such hatred. I just hope that that Gods grant me the ability to save this kids life. I know what is to be is to be, but i hope that a pointless death is not in this persons future.
Please pray for this person.
