Parents of Bullied Branchdale Teen Plead for Awareness and Change

Bullying happens when one person thinks they are better than another. Whether it is the clothes they where or how rich the family is compared to another, or if the person is just different from the rest of the class. Parents need to do a better job teaching their kids the golden rule. Do onto others as they would do onto you, or treat people like the way you would like to be treated. It would go along way. So sad.

I am sooo sorry to see this happen to Your Family…My deepest Condolences and Prayers go out to You …This should never happen to any Child but sadly it happens in every School…Parents need to step up and take control of their Children and make them understand the consequences of what could happen to Anyone including them..Schools need to take action and make these Children aware that this will not be Tolerated…This is heartbreaking to know what this Child and many others have to endure everyday at the hands of these heartless Bullies…NO Excuse for this Behavior and Action must be taken Immediately…😪

I firmly believe that the school Districts all of them should bring in former Bullies and the Bullied, do a program once a month on this. Not enough time can be spent on trying to get through to assine kids who think this is funny until they are on the receiving end. This happened to my grandson and the Principal of Blue Mt. at the time thought it was a joke, even when I told him that he stated to me that he didn’t belong, he was sick of it and that he should just end his life. I remember crying hysterically in his office and he more or less told me to suck it up. My word, this is so serious, it’s like a plague and don’t the powers to be take great concern in stopping health concerns, well let’s get on the ball here, let’s start programs if the schools are lax, at least do something. This is awful, inexcusable and sickening.

Mike/Trish,
First and foremost- I am very sorry to hear such sad news. I never had the pleasure of meeting your son Carter. However, if he was like his dad the way I still remember him around that age, I’d say he was probably a heck of a good guy and I’m sure he made a positive lasting impression on anyone he met. I hope you both can find peace and pull through this heart wrenching time.

Secondly- I want to say that my wife and I support you both 100% with bringing the bullying to an end. Bullying creates extensive damage to not only the victim but the family as well. We both graduated from the same school as Carter’s. We still to this day remember the corruption of the school with them coddling the bullies rather than taking action. I was bullied from 3rd to 12th grade by punks, jocks and the “in-crowd”. If you didn’t have a certain last name, wear expensive clothes, play a sport, or you weren’t a cheerleader you didn’t exist to anyone and it was very clear. I personally remember being bullied so badly because of my differences in clothing, lack of ability to focus in class, a nervous condition, lack of a lavish lifestyle at home, being “way too jumpy” if someone was pretending to try and hit me and any other way to possibly “one up” me. It went on for so long that I would make my parents late for work on a daily basis because they would have to drag me out the door to get me to school. I used to fake being sick so i can go home as much as i could. All I ever wanted was to fit in like everyone else and feel accepted. I know what it is like to be bullied and it is nothing to smile about. When my mom would go to the school about it and inform those in charge, the school would “have a talk with the bullies” and turn the other way for those rotten pr!cks to get revenge on me every.. single.. time. 14 years ago I graduated from that school and I despise it just as much as i did my last day there strictly because of the negligence of the staff and ignorance of the jocks & snobs. I remember The teachers would even come up with snide remarks to make fun of my attention disorder and caused the kids to torment me with it endlessly. ‘Til this day, i still see the people who harassed me and I remember everything that they put me through. Bullying cuts deep and those wounds never heal. That school’s atmosphere and small town mentality has not changed one bit since we left it. They don’t take the time to observe what is going on and help end it. MAHS is a toxic environment.

It is time to turn up the heat and bring the bullying to an end. We all know it exists. There is no excuse for anyone to take away a person’s self esteem especially to the extent they have done to your poor son.

You guys have our support.

We hope time will help to ease your pain.

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If you see someone getting bullied, SPEAK UP and make a difference! You never know what a person is going through and what they may or may not me dealing with when they go home at night. Life is difficult enough for all of us the way it is… there’s no need to add more to it.