The Tormented Child

They found him hanging in a closet. They found her dead from over-dose. Some have jumped in the cold river. Others simply shoot themselves. They were each a treasured loved one, their dad and mother’s all in all. Why then is it they were driven to this violence on themselves? Bullied child without defenses and there’s nowhere he can turn where he doesn’t meet tormentors who are doing it for fun. Schools should be a safety haven where no child must walk alone, but it happens in the class room, on the play ground and the bus. Where did they learn bully behavior and to speak such hateful words? The adults that should be teaching (and it starts in every home) should make compassion so important that its part of every child. Teachers too, should be observant if they’re worthy of their names. Adults teaching by example could instill virtues that would end these thoughtless, cruel actions that result in tragedy..