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My daughter is nine and has had problems in school with being teased. We even changed her school this year because it got so bad at her last school. My daugher is like my husband, sweet, kind, intellectual, unassertive, and reflective and nice to EVERYBODY. When someone is mean to them, they turn it inward and think they have done something. One thing I love about my husband and daughter are their sensitivity. But, I think my daughter is going to have to toughen up some because so many other kids see a sensitive child who won't fight back and "go for the throat." Bilqis: I've thought about pulling her out of school altogether and have my husband home-school her.
I guess what I'm trying to say is there is no excuse for what the kid in San Diego did, but I think I can understand how someone can be pushed to the limit and snap. Unfortunately, (I'm not saying always) boys seem to tend to take out their frustrations through violence. Girls do too, but with boys it seems they lash out at others (like this thing in San Diego), while girls turn more inward and it manifests itself more in suicide.
My daughter gets alot of support at home and I think that helps; I worry about the kids that don't get support at home.
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Reeka--The Hand of Death
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