'Jocelynn Deserves Justice!': 11-Year-Old Texan Kills Herself After Bullies' Deportation Threats | Common Dreams
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"This is what violent nationalism does," said one observer. "It seeps into the minds of children and turns playgrounds into nightmares."

“This is what violent nationalism does,” said one observer. “It seeps into the minds of children and turns playgrounds into nightmares.”

  • ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
    60·
    3 days ago

    School officials knew Carranza was being severely bullied and sent her for multiple weekly counseling sessions. However, the officials reportedly never notified the child’s mother, who says she only found out about the abuse after her daughter’s hospitalization.

    How in the hell did nobody bother to tell her mother about the bullying? And how did she even get weekly counseling sessions without parental permission? I don’t have kids, so I guess I just don’t understand how schools are run these days, let alone in a shithole like Texas, but this story just sounds bizarre.

    • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
      12·
      2 days ago

      I can imagine counseling could be offered without parental consent since a lot of children need counseling because of their parents, and some parents would outright refuse in case the child might spill the family’s dirty secrets.

      • ZeroCool@slrpnk.net
        91·
        3 days ago

        I should hope so! The school deserves it. Multiple people would have had to drop the ball for this to happen. It’s just baffling because they were clearly making some sort of effort to help her. I can’t believe nobody bothered to even ask if her mother had been informed.