But one we can learn from many lessons from, and also teach our children.
I'm sure many of us have done things in the past we truly regret. But it's up to us to either to put those mistakes down as learning curves in our lives and move on, or to let them continue to haunt us. As what happened with the young lady.
As for bullies, they will only get to you as much as you let them. We must teach our children to be tough, to be survivors, to shun bulling and see those who do it to be the worthless scum they are.And we need to always instill in them self worthiness. Amanda sadly saw herself to be worthless and thus the bullies succeeded.
Another lesson we can take is as parents to constantly be watchful of our kids and their lives.Yes even their virtual life which today has come to mean so much to people both young and old. Knowing her suffering, somehow I feel Amanda's parents didn't do enough to protect her from the cyber bullying. This is tragic really.
As for ourselves, we need to always remind ourselves that whilst we cannot erase away our past errors, we must never let the darkness of our past overshadow the brightness of our future. Regrets of the past and worries of the future are two of the key elements of many a mental disease. Let's not then fall into either trap.
This story is by far a great eyeopener. TFS MM...as always a very relevant post!
But one we can learn from many lessons from, and also teach our children.
I'm sure many of us have done things in the past we truly regret. But it's up to us to either to put those mistakes down as learning curves in our lives and move on, or to let them continue to haunt us. As what happened with the young lady.
As for bullies, they will only get to you as much as you let them. We must teach our children to be tough, to be survivors, to shun bulling and see those who do it to be the worthless scum they are.And we need to always instill in them self worthiness. Amanda sadly saw herself to be worthless and thus the bullies succeeded.
Another lesson we can take is as parents to constantly be watchful of our kids and their lives.Yes even their virtual life which today has come to mean so much to people both young and old. Knowing her suffering, somehow I feel Amanda's parents didn't do enough to protect her from the cyber bullying. This is tragic really.
As for ourselves, we need to always remind ourselves that whilst we cannot erase away our past errors, we must never let the darkness of our past overshadow the brightness of our future. Regrets of the past and worries of the future are two of the key elements of many a mental disease. Let's not then fall into either trap.
This story is by far a great eyeopener. TFS MM...as always a very relevant post!