Reflection Blog

Wow, what a powerful song and video to go with it. It made me cry. It's so sad that people don't take these children seriously when they are talking about things that happen to them at home. How hard it must be for another child to have to hear things like that. A child that comes from a loving home where things like that don't happen and to hear your friend tell you these things. As a child you don't want to believe it.

As a parent who hears these things from their children you are put in a tough position. Is your child just having issues with their friend or are things really happening that could be stopped if people stepped forward? I would rather be safe than sorry and just report it. If I were that father only to find out I was too late in making a decision to do something, I would feel so guilty.

It reminds me of a situation a couple of years back when my husband came home from work on a Friday and said that he was worried about one of his friends from work. He said he was afraid he was going to do what Bill did, and that was commit suicide. He figured he would talk to the guy on Monday and see if there was something he could do, but when he got to work on Monday he found his friend had already taken his own life. It was hard for him to deal with the fact that maybe he could have done something. That's why I would just do something as soon as I knew anything because I wouldn't want to be faced with that feeling. I am glad people from that class were able to come forward and get help.