Posted on 09/18/2017 6:32:10 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'My heart is in pieces': Father's heartbreak after three bullies call his seven-year-old special needs son a 'monster' at school
A father was left heartbroken after bullies called his seven-year-old son a 'monster' at school.
Dan Bezzant broke down crying after hearing what happened to his son, Jackson, on Thursday.
The Idaho dad said he received a phone call from his ex-wife explaining that Jackson was eating when three older boys started bullying him.
'They were saying he looked like a monster and kept calling him names,' Bezzant told EastIdahoNews.com.
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heartbreaking arth ping
The problem is the parents don’t teach the kids to respect others, especially those who are handicapped. My parents did and it became inconceivable to me to ever bully someone.
Sad story. Kids are cruel naturally and in a post-Christian U.S. they’ve become little monsters.
“The problem is the parents don’t teach the kids to respect others, especially those who are handicapped. My parents did and it became inconceivable to me to ever bully someone.”
Society and probably their parents teaches them to abort handicapped babies so of course they don’t respect them.
So, did a manly adult grab them by the back of the neck and made them apologize and make friends?
Some high school cool kids were picking on a special needs kid and my son told them if thats the kind of people they were he couldn't be friends with them. I was never more proud of him.
We used to go to the YMCA and grab ever kid standing alone and invite them to form two teams and play basketball with us. The college kids hated me because I would take half of their full court away from them so the younger kids could play.
Stuff like this is due to two generations of feminizing males.. My Dad (and likely yours) would have told us to suck it up and understand that kids are cruel “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you.” etc.. And if actually bullied (physically) by insurmountable odds, likely our dads would have done something about it, rather than breaking down and crying.
Plus, if the kid is really all that fragile, another good reason to homeschool.
Why is this a news story? Send the kid to the local gym or dojo to learn boxing, karate or judo. That will teach him equanimity to brush off meaningless insults and the capability to kick ass when necessary.
WHAT IS TREACHER COLLINS SYNDROME?
Treacher Collins syndrome affects the development of bones and other tissues in the face.
The signs and symptoms vary greatly, ranging from almost unnoticeable to the severe.
Most sufferers will have underdeveloped facial bones, most notably the cheekbones, and a very small jaw and chin.
Some people born with the condition are also born with a cleft palate.
In severe cases, underdevelopment of the facial bones may restrict an affected infant’s airway, causing potentially life-threatening respiratory problems.
People with TC often have eyes that slant downwards, sparse eyelashes, and notch in the lower eyelid, known as an eyelid coloboma.
Some affected individuals can lose their vision.
The syndrome is characterised by absent, small or unusually formed ears.
And hearing loss occurs in around half of all sufferers.
It is usually caused by defects of the three small bones in the middle ear, which transmit sound, or by the underdevelopment of the ear canal.
The condition affects one in 50,000 people and is caused by mutations of a specific gene.
There is a reason there used to be special homes and special schools for special kids. To protect them from the general public.
Sounds like the story’s dad could not be like your dad. Story dad is “ex” husband. Living away from that child who needs him.
I hate divorce sayeth the Lord. Malachi.
No this cause of two generations of letting kids act like ANIMALS!!
My Dad would of told me to stick up for this kid, and kick the bullies asses!!!
What kind of tool are you to act like this handicapped looking kid should/could defend himself (for no good reason), again these little asswipes.
Maybe 3 or 4 shoulda kick the cr@p out of you when you were 7, or maybe ur kid for you to understand that—
When I was in school it was very rare we saw kids like this. Most of them had their own special school. Remember only one child with CP in Junior High and never saw her after that. Don’t know if she got worse or transferred elsewhere.
I always felt mainstreaming these kids was a very bad idea for lots of reasons this being one of them. Bullying went on when we were in school for normal kids but for these kids? It’s way worse and no way to stop it. Plus really the school does not care unless the kid is gay or transgender. It’s simply unfair to put a special needs kid into this situation.
I’m glad I raised my kids right. I am perfectly confident that both my kids would have intervened on the side of this kid. My boy has a lot of friends so he probably would have formed a “posse” to take on these bullies. My daughter would have just verbally assaulted them.
Back in school, I was one of the bullies.
This story puts me in tears.
A couple months ago a former classmate sent me a very sincere apology mail. He felt really bad about his bullying days. I was surprised as heck. I certainly didn’t think about it all these years...found out later this was one of his twelve steps.. very proud of him actually.
There are people out there who are "monsters" on the inside and my daughter and this child are not the monsters in the world.
You want a handicapped child with craniofacial deformities to take up boxing?
And the child with bone deformities is supposed to tell bullies that sticks and stones won't break his bones.
Do you have children?
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