>> I HAVE A SON THAT WAS HAPPY,
HEALTHY.
HE WAS NOT ON MEDICATION.
HE DID NOT REQUIRE DOCTORS OR
PSYCHIATRIC HELP.
SO NOW I’M A HE IS MEDICATED.
>> I’D USE TO DROP MY DAUGHTER
OFF EVERY SINGLE DAY.
ELBOWS UP.
THEY ARE HURTING.
[APPLAUSE]
SHE IS SCARED.
>> Natalie: IT SHOULD NOT HAVE
TO COME TO THAT POINT.
THOSE ARE PARENTS CONCERNED
NEW JERSEY.
THEY ARE OUTRAGED BECAUSE THEIR
CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SCHOOL
SURROUNDED BY BULLIES AND THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING NOTHING
ABOUT IT.
THE OUTCRY STEMS FROM THE TRAGIC
DEATH YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD
ABOUT, 14-YEAR-OLD ADRIANA WHO
WAS TORMENTED SO VICIOUSLY,
RELENTLESSLY BY CLASSMATES THAT
SHE CHOSE TO IN HER OWN LIFE
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
NOW FELLOW STUDENTS ARE BEGGING
FOR ACTION TO FINALLY BE TAKEN
TO STOP THE BULLYING AND PUT AN
END TO THE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT
IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
WATCH.
>> MY NAME IS DANIELLE.
AND I’M ALSO SO MANY OTHER NAMES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE CALLED ME OVER
THE YEARS.
AND YOU GUYS -- I’M SORRY.
[INDISTINCT]
[CRYING]
I HAVE TRIED SO HARD.
I HAVE TRIED SO HARD, JUST
TRYING FOR YOU GUYS TO LISTEN TO
ME.
I AM SO SCARED.
AND I AM GOING HOME FEELING
THREATENED BY SO MANY PEOPLE
HERE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE --
>> I’VE BEEN BULLIED EVERY
SINGLE DAY SINCE I LEFT SCHOOL
IN SIXTH GRADE.
[INDISTINCT]
YOU KNOW WHY YOU ARE HERE.
I HAVE HAD STUFF THROWN AT ME.
APPARENTLY, IT HAS BEEN BAD.
>> Kennedy: THIS IS SO HARD TO
WATCH.
>> IT IS.
I CAN’T IMAGINE -- YOU CAN’T
IMAGINE FEELING SO UNHEARD AND
SO UNSEEN THESE POOR CHILDREN --
I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT THE PARENTS
FEEL.
>> Dagen: TURNED THAT SADNESS
INTO RAGE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT DID NOTHING.
AND AFTER THIS CHILD KILLED
HERSELF, THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO
DID RESIDE OVER THE WEEKEND
PUBLICLY TRIED TO BLAME THAT
CHILD’S PARENTS.
HE TALKED PUBLICLY TO THE DAILY
MAIL AND REVEALED DETAILS
ABOUT HER FATHER’S LIFE.
AND THEY KNEW THIS WAS GOING ON.
AND THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT
HAS COME OUT AND SAID, "THIS IS
ALL A COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEM
HERE THAT THE FAMILIES, THAT WE
NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
COMMUNICATING ABOUT THE GOOD
THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
AND WE ALL GET UPSET, I THINK,
WHEN YOU YOU ARE MY FRIENDS.
BUT I WAS BULLIED GROWING UP AND
BEATEN UP.
AND YOU HIDE IT FROM YOUR
PARENTS.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO UPSET
THEM.
NOW, IT IS WORSE TODAY.
SO THE SCHOOL DOESN’T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THE BUS DRIVERS DON’T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND YOU HAVE THE CDC INFORMATION
ABOUT THE RISE IN SUICIDAL
IDEATION AMONG YOUNG WOMEN AND
DEPRESSION.
BUT IT IS SO MUCH WORSE NOW
BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND SO, YOU GET BULLIED AND
BEATEN UP IN SCHOOL AND IT IS
VIDEOED.
THEN THEY PUT IT OUT THERE.
>> YOU GO HOME AND GET BULLIED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT IS
RELENTLESS.
YOU KNOW I HAVE TWO TEENAGE
GIRLS AND ONE WAS BULLIED.
I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY
DID NOTHING.
AND IT IS NOT JUST THAT SCHOOL.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR SCHOOL.
IT IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
DAGEN’S RIGHT TO DOES
SOCIAL MEDIA BUT ALSO THE
PANDEMIC.
KIDS FORGOT HOW TO TREAT EACH
OTHER.
SCHOOLS HAVE ADVOCATED THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO DISCIPLINE
SCHOOLS WHO HER MOTHER KIDS AND
CHILDREN’S ARE SO WOUNDED FROM
THE PANDEMIC.
SUCH MENTAL PERIL AND DESPAIR
APPEAR THEY HAVE $190 BILLION
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ADEQUATE
RESOURCES.
SHAME ON EVERY SCHOOL CREATING
VICTIMS LIKE THIS.
>> Dr. Siegel: AND ITS GOALS
AS MUCH AS BOYS.
56% OF BOYS ACCORDING TO THE SEA
TO SEA OVER THE PAST YEAR
EXPRESSED DEEP SADNESS, 1 OUT OF AND BOWLING HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
AND BOWLING HAS A LOT TO DO WITH
THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND A GREEN
COMPLETE WITH THE PANDEMIC MADE
THIS WORSE.
WHEN I TALK TO CDC, THEY TALK
ABOUT SCHOOLS, BUT EVERYONE
ALREADY HAS MADE THE POINT I WAS
ABOUT TO MAKE WHICH IS SCHOOLS
ARE SITTING THERE NOT LISTENING
TO PARENT SPIRITS APPEARANCE
COME IN AND SAY, "MY KID IS IN
TROUBLE, MIKE IT IS WOUNDED, I’M
WORRIED ABOUT MY KID."
THE SCHOOL PUSHES BACK.
THERE HAS GOT TO BE MORE
COMMUNICATION ON EVERY LEVEL
WHEN A CHILD IS HURT.
WHEN YOUR CHILD IS WOUNDED, YOU
KNOW IT AS A PARENT.
>> Dagen: THEY HAVE TO REMOVE
KIDS LIKE THAT FROM SCHOOLS.
THEY DON’T DO THAT.
THEY DON’T SUSPEND STUDENTS BUT
THEY KEEP THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS
APPEAR THEY CONTINUE TO BE
PROBLEMS HERE THEY CONTINUE TO
BULLY PURE THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS
COMPLETELY SCREWED UP ESPECIALLY
IN PUBLIX SCHOOLS.
>> EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO THE BULLY
IS BULLYING IS NOT NEW BUT AN
OUTLET YOU CAN BE SELFISH
BECAUSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT
CAN BE SO PAINFUL AND EVERYBODY
COMPARES THEIR LIVES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
I’M SO GLAD THAT I DIDN’T GROW
UP WITH IT AND I FEEL FOR THESE
KIDS.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN’T TAKE
AWAY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
PARENTS BUT LOOK HOW HARD IT IS,
WITH THEIR ECONOMIC SITUATION
YOU HAVE BOTH PARENTS OUT OF THE
HOME WORKING HARD AND EVERYBODY
HAS TO PRODUCE AND FEEL LIKE
THEY ARE BEHIND SO YOU DON’T
HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO INVEST IN
YOUR CHILDREN OF THE TIME IT
TAKES TO BUILD UP THEIR
CHARACTER.
BOTH OF MY PARENTS WORKED FIRST
GENERATION IMMIGRANTS AND WORK
SO HARD AND I’M SO GRATEFUL I
HAD A MODEL THAT SAID EVEN IF
YOU WERE BULLIED AND I WAS
CALLED "ALIEN" AND MADE FUN OF
MY NAME.
AND MY MOM SAID, "NOTHING
MATTERS EXCEPT WHO YOU ARE THE
FAITH IN SOMETHING GREATER THAN
YOU.
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU SET YOUR
MIND TO.
I’M SO GREAT THAT I HAVE AN
EXAMPLE BUT SO MANY PEOPLE
DON’T.
>> Dr. Siegel: TO YOUR POINT
THE KIDS ARE AT HOME.
THEY ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR
IPHONES ALL DAY LONG AND NO
INTERACTION.
THERE IS NO CENTERING.
>> Dagen: BUT WHY DON’T THE
SCHOOL STOP IT?
IT IS NOT ONE BULLY BUT GROUPS
OF THEM.
IT IS GROUPS OF THEM BEATING UP
YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND EVERYONE SEES IT.
IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
WHEN YOU GO TO SCHOOL, MY CHILD
HAS BEEN BEATEN UP.
IT HAS HAPPENED WITH PEOPLE, NOT
JUST YOU, BUT OTHER PEOPLE I
KNOW WELL.
AND THEY DON’T DO ANYTHING!
ANYTHING!