Family of bullied 12-year-old Irish girl who committed suicide left devastated

never underestimate how evil bullying is,whether it is directed by children or adults,it should be top of the agenda in schools,some mechanism put in place to be able to stop it in its tracks,and a realization imbued in pupils of the serious consequences of indulging in such UNACCEPTABLE behaviour.

Perhaps schools should intervene and offer a class where honor students address issues like acceptance, unacceptance, bullying. I believe children can relate to their peers much easier then attempting to relate to adults. Let's face it, bullying has to be extreme in order for someone to take their own life.

This stuff simply breaks your heart. With so much of life ahead of her how did bullying take such a strong hold of a 12 yo? We need to learn more about protecting our children and helping them to defend themselves from such attacks. Since much of this appears to be through the internet perhaps we need a strong agreement/contract with our children that encourages them to share their searching and encourage them to recognize we will help regardless of any situation they are in. What can be lost that is worse than a daughter's life?

That poor, poor child. May the Gods be good to her in some Other Place... Peace she did not have in this One.

This is too sad for words? This points up the need for intervention by school authorities if the parents aren't able to deal with the situation. It's hard to believe that nothing was done to help this girl cope with the bullying. Young girls are vulnerable because they just don't have the self-esteem necessary to appropriately deal with the bully. This girl needed some psychological counseling in order to cope and the bullies needed some counseling to prevent this tragedy from occurring. Let's hope that the school system can incorporate a program in the school to stop bullying and make students aware enough to learn how to cope with a bully and expose bullies so that they get treatment for the behavior to prevent this sort of tragedy from happening again!

begin by fuggetin 'bout blowins - at home there be bigger fish to fry - like what to do about the young uns pulling plug on selves