Bullying — The Not So Silent Epidemic
***POSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNING*** This content speaks of the effects of bullying, leading to self-harm and suicide **The picture below is eight years old, and the individual is safe.** Today, a family in Utah is reeling from an unimaginable nightmare, one from which they will never awaken. They would give anything to see their son reach 20 years old, but that will never happen because a bully's grasp was too cruel and too strong. I write about what I know. My words always flow from within, but this topic still breaks my heart a decade later. I think maybe it was supposed to be that way, so that when I read a post from a dear friend on the other side of the country, as so many do, I did not merely keep scrolling and say, "It's not my problem." I would be the first to say, I think your child becoming the victim of bullying is one of the many topics I believe parents wish they knew nothing about. Unfortunately, that is why too many children across our country are still s...