Why are kids so cruel?

That is utter rubbish the school can not do anything.. how about they have an assembly and talk to the children about losing someone they love .. how about writing letters to the parent telling them how cruel their children are and that the school does not tolerate bullies or abuse .. children are cruel and they continue to be cruel until someone puts a stop to it .. go to the school head and demand that he acts on it as it is abuse and bullying and his non-action is condoning it and letting the kids think it is ok to be cruel .. ask him how he thinks they will grow as adults if they are allowed to bully people without remorse!!

Wow that is nasty! I'm not sure what would make me more angry.. the school itself? or the other kids that are teasing him. My co-worker friend is going through a simalar situation as your nephew is. Her daughter was teased from last year by some nasty girls in her class too. This year was way worse. Her daughter was playing on the slide on the playstructure when she was going down the slide and noticed this boy was going to slide down after her. She told the boy to stop and wait and he purposely went down with a forceful push, kicked her in the back where her kidneys are located. She landed at the bottem of the slide on the ground and busted one of her front teeth. Now she has a half of a tooth in the front and this has distroyed her self esteem thinking that she is ugly. But she's not, she's blonde and very pretty. Apparently this kid was laughing at her after this happened. The school made some incident reports and won't give them to my friend saying that they were inaccurate. What we're guessing is that they want to change their stories about the whole issue just to cover their butts. My friend is going to that school tomorrow and she's going to tell them that she wants those reports the way they were written out or she's going to every source of media she can and this will also start a lawsuit. Her daughter has been ruled out of a lot of things where she's been really mistreated and the school just isn't fair. Now her daughter has missed over two weeks of school with doctor and dentist appointments and apparently her kidneys are not good. So I think you should do what my friend did, go back and ask one last time for them to pull those kids aside and have a long talking to and if they don't, then tell them that you're going to have something done outside of the school using other ways such as media or police. Good luck

This is ridiculous. How old is your nephew? Can you suggest to the teacher that she speak with the entire class about it? It really should be something she can deal with since it is occuring in her classroom.

poor guy. my heart goes out to him. but those kids parents didn't do a good job in raising them at all. and yes the school could do something and i would raise holy hell there too. my daughter when she was in like third grade two girls kept messing with her, since she had cp and a learning disablty. she kept telling the teacher and she did nothing. so i went to the school myself. i saw the princable. told her what was going on so we went to the class room. of course i jumped all over the teacher, and one little stood there looking at me i told the teacher and the girl who was hitting my daghter, next time you or that other girl hits my daughter, she can and will grab anything she can and hot you back. the teacher was like well that isn't right. so i yelled at the teacher. do your job my kid don't come to school and get bully. you need to stop it so then i told the little girl well if you daddy don't like it tell him to meet me here and i'll hit him like you did to my daughter. those kids are bullies. i would raise hell with the school and if they say there isnt nothing to do, get in touch with the school board and the news as well make them look bad. God bless your nephew

That is just horrible! I would definitly take it to the school board. This is the very reason i pulled my 2 children out of public schools. Kids shouldnt have to be treated like this and at school of all places! Good luck..keep going up the chain if you dont get any results!

It all begins at home! Kids are a product of what they learn at home. Unfortunately, parents are not parents that they used to be. They either don't care how their children act, or they act that way themselves. I would talk to your nephew about how cruel people are and that it is not his fault. Then I would go to the school and not leave until a resolution was thought of by the administration.

What the heck is the matter with those kids?!? There is nothing funny about a child's father dying. I also think it is a bunch of crap that the school says there is nothing they can do about it. There is plenty they can do about it. I agree with the poster above me. If the teachers and the principal say they can't do anything get a hold of the Superintendent of the school system or go to the next board meeting and cause a stink.

It's not the kids per say, it's the parents. Most parents today do not teach their kids any moral values, or anything else for that matter. Put them in front of a video game and wait for next year's tax break. I could tell you the reason behind it, but I would be blasted by the bleeding hearts. I will just say that Dr. Benjamin Spock is a major reason for the sad state of affairs in this world.

shortcaketera79, If it's available in your nephew's state, perhaps his mother can enroll him in k12.com . It's public school at home...sort of like homeschooling but it's free. Might be something she could check into. Happy MyLotting!

i felt so sad for what had happened... the school admin's really cruel... but, don't blame the kids... cuz they are immature... don't know how to judge the world wisely...

some kids do bully other kids due to lack of discipline from the parents. It would be good if you talk to parents of the children who teases your nephew. They are the ones who can give proper actions with regards to the behavior of their children