In a lot of these cases the schools have their hands tied, they can't really punish someone unless they catch them in the act. Most of this bullying probably happens with teachers backs turned and after school. I think the real problem here (and in 99% of all these bully cases) is the bully's parents having the "my kid is always right" attitude and not doing anything about the fact that they are raising undisciplined little *ssholes.

I think the only way to fix this problem is holding the bully's parents accountable for their kids actions in cases like this. And for parents to teach their kids the best way to deal with this problem. When I had a bully in my younger years, my parents first told me to talk to the teacher... that did nothing because she could never catch him in the act. Then they gave me permission to use fists if necessary. I did and the problem stopped. I'm not saying that was the answer in this case, every one is unique but parents on both ends of this need to be more involved.

I agree habs. This is typical "blame it on everyone but the perpetrator" mentality.

And another point to everyone posting that the schools should be sued into oblivion.... those are your tax dollars. Personally, I'd rather mine go to educating the youth than to legal defense/settlement money for using the school as a scapegoat. Maybe take that money and start programs in the schools geared toward conquering this bully problem.

Chris150 - "so called disability" ????? WOW, You really ARE a worthless pile of excrement!

Although this is a very sad case, I question how well the parents interacted with the school, the teachers, and their son on how to deal with the child's problem. My children went to an elementary school with a large percentage of children with various disabilities for which the school had special programs. To the degree possible, these children were in regular classes. I never heard of a single case of bulllying of the special needs kids while my kids were there. The parents may feel guilty and suing the school may make them feel better, it will not bring their son back. Perhaps they should spend their energy towards programs that will create a better understanding of their late son's problem.

i was brought up, "you hold your own, cause you cant trust some one to hold it for you."

i might have antagonised a couple fights, only because that person was a bully, but i not 1 time in my life hit anyone other than in self defence. my stepfather beat the snot out of me on a reg basis. but i was born a b@stard child, who wouldnt be broken, and ill die the same. i got my morals, and thats it. who dont like me, care less. i got no one to please but that guy in the mirror i see from time to time.

cause life is what it is.... you take what you get delt like a good or lousy hand of cards, you bluff, you fold, or you call it right out. you lose, you suck it up, and into the next hand. some kid makes fun of another kid what happens? i mean c'mon i feel, i was bullied from time to time, because no matter how verbal provoking got, you had to take a swing. so i took my share until it sunk in, and they would move on. some just liked to get the snot beat out of them too. but i was the kind of person early in my childhood new what a bad person was. and people outside of authority do not have a right to place even a finger on you, without your concent.

if you feel you are being picked on, and your parents want to support you, or vise versa, enroll your kid in a martial arts class with a good meaningful reputation. it will teach them self respect, and self defence, as well self control. enroll them in boxing at the Y, let them learn a few good moves. these sports, do not teach violence, but again self respect, and so on. if YOU as a parent see your kid getting beat up, and nothing is getting done but crying sessions, and suicide watches... just maybe pondering my suggestion for a moment, and contacting a dojo for more information. you might be suprised.

The Military cares more about their soldiers committing suicide than the public schools do about children.

It is not a priority

Technology? Should we not be requiring cameras in every corner of every school? The thought scares me as well but it isn't the technology per say it is how its used.

GET one thing STRAIGHT we all carry bias.

Judge Murphy is an a$$. He should have retired from the bench years ago.

more cameras please.

All bullies, without exception, turn into worthless, scumbag adults. Inversely, if you know an adult who is a nasty, horrible person, you can bet they were a bully as a child.

"more cameras please"

... and that's just what Big Brother wants you to ask for.

It's a shame that we do actually feel like we need it, though, to protect our kids from other dumba$$ kids who weren't raised to respect others.

Bulling happens mostly for the poor or middle classed people. If you are rich you can have private tutors to educate your kids or even teach your kids to be the bullies because the system will defend them. There are no stories or bullies committing suicide for the guilt of those they pester. You are not allowed on school grounds to protect your children and you must legally send them to school??? Where does the not rich parent stand?

Well, sometimes not-rich parents choose to homeschool their children,only to be ridiculed (i.e. bullied) by liberals and government themselves.

Nothing in this article indicates any bullying was physical just taunts and insults. If you walk around any playground where hundreds of kids are playing you won't get from one side to the other without hearing dozens of insults, taunts, name calling or whatever term you want to use. If you want to end kids verbally abusing each other don't let them get closer than 5o feet. If it's not physical bullying there's nothing you can do unless you hear them and then they'll just wait till your far enough away and start again.

this is my most insensible lawsuit out there. first of all, the kid was mental. second of all, its not the faculty fault they cannot control the acts of all the children. and third of all, the parent are the ones to blame because obioulsy the child told the parent and the parents did nothing and the parents took the risk by putting their child in the public school, and keeping the child in public school while the bulling was still taking place.

what are they supposed to do, home school them? Shouldnt they have the right as tax payers to demand the school act? If the teachers and school officials fail to act, that is THEIR fault as educators. My cousin is a teacher, and would NEVER sit back and do nothing..why? because she, and many of her peers, are under the impression that once they took the job as a teacher they became responsible for the children they teach...

the story doesn't really say if the kids are attending the same school, perhaps the same district. There is only one way to deal with a bully. Unfortunately, not all kids are capable of defending themselves.

Sounds like someone is trying to murder the family since the bullying that resulted in suicide continues.

then your experience was much different than mine..where not only did i tell the principle and he did nothing, but the Bible class teacher (christian school) even did it was well! The only way it stopped was fighting back...but some parents may not want to teach or advocate violence to their kids...ever consider that? maybe instead of acting callous and indifferent, you might want to rethink your logic. My cousin is a teacher, and if she sees any type of bullying she drags the parents of the bully in and lets them have it...as she should! Teachers take on that responsibility when they become teachers, and same applies with other officials...if they want to act as draconian as many schools have lately, making sure kids arent bullied isnt that far of a reach for them to accomplish.

You know TEvil, I don't think it's likely to get much worse than suicide. I agree that had it been my son, I would have had a very short discussion with the bully's dad as in "I will speak...you will listen" and that would be the end of the verbal communications. Non the less, the school staff had a duty to act. Whether in a rule book or implied, a duty to act non the less.

Oh yeah Tevil.... the parents should have beaten their son and then that would have made everything better. He would've been bullied at school at beaten at home. Man, I pray to God that you aren't a parent but, if you are... I really hope that someday...your children return the favor and beat you when you're too old to defend yourself.

jackass, the bullies parents need to beat their kids, use some common sense.....

People who use body language such as various lears and jerks are the ones who have the real problem.

There is no language involved because the body movement itself does not convey a thought that can easily be analyzed by the person that it is being projected towards.

When body language is used without audio words being associated with the body language the body language is meant to first confuse the person that the projection is being used on by causing the persons mind to spin rapidly in its thoughts of what the person is thinking that the person using body language is trying to say.

When the targeted person then makes a response towards the person using body language the projector can tell the target anything they want too in relation to the use of the body language. When the target comes across another person using the same body language they will automatically assume the meaning is the same where when they approach the second person using the same body language technique the second projector can say something completely different thus further confusing the targeted victim.

This process continues within the projector group until the target has become trapped in their mind and cannot escape and thus becomes the slave of the group conducting the brainwashing or they commit suicide.

One good example can be how John Boehner sometime holds his right hand index finger up. His meaning means one thing while those mimicking him do the same body language motion without specifically identifying what the finger means thus calling into the above psychological brainwashing technique as stated above.

The tactic is called Reverse Mind Reading where the projector hope to brainwash the target in some form one way or the other to make the person obey them to think like them.

These types of people are severely retarded who try to project their thoughts using non-auditory body language which is meant to confuse the target who in this case was Tyler. Tyler did not have anything wrong with him.

It was the people projecting their body language toward him who have the mental disorder for the main reason that the bully does not understand and thinks that everyone around them is smarter than they are and know what the person is saying about them through their directed body language projections.

That all may well and good but not all kids "learn", even when taught at a young age. Ever hear the expression "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" ?

I really don't think there is a concrete way to stop bullying, unfortunately.

Yes parents wake up or you will find a guy like me at your door that will not tolerate bulling or any kind of abuse towards children. And if you disagree you'd be hurtin for certain, if my kids hurt because of your negligence I will feed you some custom sandwiches in rapid succession.

There is no way to stop bullying. People think bullying stops after school, but it doesn't. It continues on throughout a person's life in some shape, form or fashion. Work places, social hangouts, etc... Bullies are present everywhere.

The way to stop bullying is not having your kid run to a school official everytime, or even talking to the bully's parents. If anything, that will instigate even more bullying. Kids need to be taught how to handle bullying and bullies, because it NEVER GOES AWAY. Maybe when you're in a nursing home it does... Learn to fight back, learn to ignore taunts and jeers, avoid said person, or just standing up to them and not backing down. Most bullies are cowards and will back down from a fight rather than actually fight.

I went to a public county school and was half the size of all the redneck, cornbread fed people in my school. I was mentally and physically bullied for the 5 years I was there. Sure, when i finally learned and started fighting back, I got in trouble, but never with my parents. They were proud I was finally learning to stick up for myself. Regardless of what anyone thinks, a good school official will know who the bully is and will punish accordingly. A small, timid person doesn't just go up and pick a fight with someone two or 3 times their own size for no reason. What's a little detention or in-house suspension for a child finally growing a backbone?

They only pick on those who are smaller and not able to defeat them because they would be shamed if someone their own size were to beat on them.

A bully will never attack someone who is larger than they are.

Dwight, you are WRONG. In junior high, one of the bullies was a girl who routinely picked on bigger girls. She was short. One of her victims has half a foot and 50 pounds on her. Bullying doesn't come from height or body weight. It comes from the mind. In HS I witnessed a boy bullying a BIGGER boy. The bigger boy was in the school's gym lifting weights (he had not yet begun developing muscle) while the scrawny bully was tormenting him. Size means nothing. And what do you mean that a bully "would be shamed if someone th eir own size were to beat on them" ? You mean someone HALF their size, no?

I've also noticed at the workplace that many of the bullies (in the form of bosses) are little puny men; Napolean complex.

It's a fact that in the majority of bullies, these kids are victims of bullying in their own home. They don't "learn" it from their parents; they are BULLIED by their parents. It's the pecking order thing. They then go to school and heap on those who are weaker (and often smaller, but not always!)

I've always taught my kid to never start a fight, you finish them. He's had a couple of run-ins with bullies and has taken them down every time. I've fought and won against his school trying to suspend him for that as well. He's even stepped in and defended others that were either too scared or too small to defend themselves. You NEVER should punish somebody for defending themselves. Oh, by the way, Rocky Road, I gotta say, while I believe in what you are saying, going on someone's property, threatening them, or even swinging at them isn't a good idea. If you did that to me, you'd be getting a present from Mr. Colt in your forehead.

It is not true that the smaller kids will not mess with the bigger kids. My son had a classmate who was about half the size of him who manipulated the situation to turn all of my son's friends against him. He would accuse my son of doing things that he did not do, but people would believe him. Then my son started acting out towards him because he was so hurt and felt like everyone hated him. It took a lot of talks and strategy planning and a teacher who was absolutely wonderful to finally help my son overcome this. It is not always the bigger or the child you see acting out that initiates the issues. Also, not all issues are bullying. Kids can have conflicts with each other, just like adults.

Bullying is done for social standing, and the smaller kids who do it are placed into no-lose situations when going against someone bigger. If they win, they gain enormous social standing. If they lose, it's the expected result and there's no social fallout. I was a pretty tall kid, and I had a lot of kids try to bully me, but I won every fight. School security and I became very friendly and they would let me handle my business and would only step in if I got in trouble, or after the fact to suspend the kids. The conversations we had in the principal's office were always fun, and lasted all of about a minute for me. They'd ask what happened, I'd tell them that the bullies hit me first, and they'd thank me and send me back to class.

Fortunately enough, I have the physical stature to stand up for myself effectively. To the parents out there who have kids that may not be my size, the bullying can cause some pretty severe depression, and at that age they may not want to talk about it with their parents, I didn't involve my parents at all. Many years later, the best suggestion I have for parents who have children facing similar situations is to give the kids whatever tools they need to help themselves (maybe not a tazer, but some self defense classes would work well). My father did find out about one of the bullies, but let me handle it with the school since I was pretty obviously winning the fights, and he wasn't getting any phone calls about my fighting. Make the school aware of what is going on, but dealing with what I affectionately like to call "jackassery" is a valuable life skill. Fighting that battle for them may deprive them of some of those lessons.

Bullying is a form of social engineering by the wealthy of a community. They want this person to be that way or this way so they employ the use of bullies to get their way like spoiled little children.

Actually, bullying can and does start in elementary school and even in kindergarten. Sad, isn't it?

Kids do not bully because they feel "entitled." They bully because it's a way to feel better about themselves. Inside they feel very tiny, but they put on a front that comes across as over-confident. Inside they hate themselves and have NO self-esteem, so they bully to elevate their self-esteem. Any former bullies here? I've ridiculed classmates more than once. It was so I could feel better about myself, NOT because I felt entitled !!!!! Damn, I had such low self-esteem back then that I didn't feel ANY entitlement.

Bullies are not spoiled kids. They come from unloving, unsupportive homes. Dad probably beats them, never says anything to build their character, and Mum probably insults them, has no time for them. Bullying is almost like a survival mechanism: It's either bully or be bullied. This is why sometimes, the bully USED to be victimized. Has nothing to do with being spoiled or feeling entitled. They only ACT entitled to hide their insecurities.

Children teach theirself how to behave early on in life.

Bullies are spawned when someone tries to teach a child how to be like their are, personality wise, which can never occur.

It's not the same. This is like when people say "I know what it's like to have depression. I've had bad days. People can just snap out of it." If you knew someone with Aspergers, you'd probably understand. It's hard to describe but it's much more than just not recognizing facial expressions.

Just what are you on about??

If they don't know how their children behave who's fault is that? Why should some innocent kid have to pay for the parents ignorance or willingness to turn a blind eye? If they have no idea how their children behave they are bad parents. Too many ways to check up and see if your kid is a bully. Ask other students, teachers, bus drivers can have tons of good info. Lazy parents have to get off their arses and get past that, "my child would never.." BS and monitor your children's behavior. Being a bully is a learned behavior. Where do some of these bullies pick these ideas up? At home. Like the guy who commented about going to the house of his son's bullies. So did I. I think it was then I saw the good side of being only 20 yrs older than my son. Other students in his class had parents that were always older than I. Makes a difference when you're jerking some idiot off his front porch and kickin his ars cause his son is a bully and the parents don't care. Always found it kinda funny that pain and suffering on their end make them suddenly care, a lot! Diplomacy and being nice is usually a waste of time when dealing with bullies. You have to communicate with them in their chosen language. Violence. In the 70's we'd drag a bully into the bathroom and leave them requiring medical attention. Not many bullys at my high school back in the day. Now about this young boy in the story. He was bullied so bad he chose to end his own life. Now his younger sibs are being victims too. Ok folks don't be surprised in a few yrs when msn puts a story on here about one of these twins going shell with an AK casue he was being bullied at school and the ones that could have stopped it didn't. Miss Scarlet, do us all a favor and don't have any kids until you get a clue on how to raise them to act properly in today's society. Or don't be surprised when some S. F. trained dad shows up at your house kickin the crap out of your hubs for not educating your son about not being a bully. I know three set of parents that wish they'd have taken the time. No mercy for bullies. Hooah!

Don't have kids? It's really sickening how quickly these discussions devolve into personal attacks. I never said it can't possibly be the parents' fault; I said it's not a guarantee. Kids learn from their peers a lot more than they do from their parents at that age. Teenagers are experts at acting one way around their parents and another way around their peers.

No mercy for bullies, huh? Telling a person you've never met not to have kids because they won't know how to educate them... that's not bullying at all. I was actually bullied quite a bit in school, and this is a very personal subject for me. You can bet I'll do everything I can to teach my kids to be good people, but that doesn't mean they'll listen. And if they ever do something like this, they will be punished, just like these parents are punishing their kids, but the bottom line is you can't watch your kids 24/7 and they do develop personalities of their own - sometimes rebellious ones.

One never tells another that they are going to beat them, but rather expresses a concern or complaint that the other needs to resolve. If no resolution results, then the beating may commence without any further publicity.