Times have changed so drastically you really start to wish prayer was put back in school. I look on and watch my children sleep so heavenly and think, “Someday they will grow up and go into high school.”

I teach them as brothers also consider each other’s feelings and never forget one behind. I teach them never to bully people. The bully is always remembered not for the good he or she has caused but the traumatic memory they’ve inflicted.

Growing up as a teenager has its moments, you can either ride the popularity bus or get run under it and stand on the pavement by yourself. When a teenager feels out of place they develop a comfort zone with individuals that they can relate to it’s kind of funny how you fit into cliques.

Cliques are groups defined by the members popularity or gender preference. In high school you have different kinds of cliques. Some people rather just hang with people sharing common interests but sometimes in high school it can be all about who you are and where you fit in. I think the phrase better states “ Get in where you fit in”.

Children can be mean and sometimes really cruel. Lately our schools have been suffering massive amounts of school shootings. When you get the information behind the tragedy usually the shooter is the kid who was the outsider the loner who everyone made fun and threw paper spit balls at . This kid is someone in need. I know it doesn’t justify the means by which so many have lost their innocent lives but we as parents have to teach our children to respect others as human beings.

I know we all go through life experiencing our difficulties, some worse than others. We don’t know what kind life or tragedy some people endure before they come to school or even come to work. I believe that when some individuals do not have the proper necessities to seek psychological help they ball all their feelings and emotions into a bubble, a bubble that keeps everything inside sitting there and sitting there.

When the bubble burstz, the innocent individuals are targeted in the crossfire. Buddy programs need to be in every single school district. A program where students can come together regardless of their clicks and differences and talk .

Along with career advisement their needs to be a program with influential advisement, a place where students can come to advisors with their life problems. If it is something they cannot discuss in person then have a 24-hr hotline number where they can talk freely without being nervous.

Educational plays should be created that show what a huge effect bullying can be on individuals especially youth adolescent children . Some people may look at this article and say hey it doesn’t justify the means for which they have committed but if we can help make a difference than it will justify something.

Bullying and adolescent teens killing their peers is becoming a terrifying cause of death and spreading like a diseased epidemic. I’m a mother and I pray that this doesn’t happen in my children’s school. I teach them the golden rule treat others as if you would want to be treated.

Befriend and never bully. Befriend means to me helping kindness being there because you care. Treating another individual human being like a person regardless of how awkward , different or challenged they are. Get to know to them you never know you may have something in common. When you believe there is something more behind their pain seek administrators’ staff , school officials help them find their peace of mind back in to light out of the dark corners. Befriend never bully.

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