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http://www.thebostonchannel.com/cnn-news/19141470/detail.html

BOSTON -- Sirdeaner Walker, 44, has been surrounded by family after discovering her son, Carl Walker-Hoover, 11, hanging by an extension cord in the third-floor landing of the family's Northampton Avenue home in Springfield.

Walker said her boy, upset yet again over another bullying episode at school, had committed suicide.

"They were always saying, 'you're gay, you must be gay, you act like a girl,'" said Walker.

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[nex0s.livejournal.com]

Did you read the article? The mother was talking to school administration for six months trying to get them to do something. I'm assuming she didn't have the resources to pull him out of there, as a single Mom.

So the question becomes not where were the boys parents, because the boys parents were trying to DO something. The question is : where were the administrators? Where were the teachers?

I have a hard time blaming the Mom who did her best, with no support.

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[1-mad-squirrel.livejournal.com]

So the question becomes not where were the boys parents, because the boys parents were trying to DO something. The question is : where were the administrators? Where were the teachers?

Probably the same place the my elementary school teachers were when I was being tormented and hit in the 1970's: Joining in with the kids in their pecking order.

[ladyaelfwynn.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the mom was doing something; that doesn't leave the rest of the adults off the hook.

This is one of those reasons that mental health care needs to be included in health insurance and why we need decent, all inclusive health care easily accessible for all.

I really hope someone gets held accountable.