I am an assistant principal in a middle school (grades 6-8). When I have to search a student's cell phone, I often get sick to my stomach at what I find. It gets worse and worse every year.
Sammy Teuch, an Indiana fourth-grader, took his own life earlier this month after enduring what his family has called relentless bullying at the hands of several students.
“Today, my husband had to sit in the hallway and listen through speakerphone to hear that our baby went to be with Jesus and their big sister. We didn’t get to grieve together, we couldn’t even hug and tell each other it would be okay or that we would survive this."
This is the face of a mother whose baby cannot receive care because of low risk of COVID19 contact. The face of a mother who is not allowed to be with her baby in the ER because she herself is extremely ill, hacking, weak, and with fever and could potentially infect others.
"Mostly, I'm scared about what message we are telling our kids when faced with a threat. Instead of reason, rationality, open-mindedness and altruism, we are telling them to panic, be fearful, suspicious, reactionary and self-interested."
