15-Year-Old Girl Makes This Video Before Killing Herself -

I would be afraid to catch someone masturbating if I kept "popping in". That was the main reason I wanted privacy as a teenager... just sayin...

That poor little, beautiful Baby Girl. If I were her Momma, I wouldn't rest until I caught up with that punk ass boy who did that to her. I wouldn't kill him , but he'd never walk again.

Stories like this one and the trauma I have seen my own teenager go through due to longterm bullying are the reasons I will keep doing my best to raise anti-bullying awareness in my community and beyond until the day I die.

Rest in peace Amanda Todd, I am so sorry you were abused and scapegoated by these selfish and unempathic bullies. They all have your blood on their hands. I wish that just one genuine bystander from your peer groups had reached out to you, that one teacher had taken you under their wing.

I hope your family were loving and kind and were there for you - sometimes this is not enough for a young teen who is looking for acceptance and belonging within their own peer group. This is how young people define themselves, they are individuating from parents and family at this time and defining self by feedback from peers is a normal part of development. Please do not lay blame at the feet of this girl's family, the blame lies with the predators and bullies who used and abused her. The abuse that Amanda Todd survived was far worse - what a strong girl she was to hang on so long.

My child has had my support 24/7, she endured 18months of targeted bullying where she was ostracised from her peer/year group and sleep overs, outings, parties etc. I took her out of the school as they were doing nothing to stop it. At the worst point, I was worried she would end her own life and watched her very closely for months as she slowly recovered. She came very close to cutting and wished she could die. She had internalised the bullies put downs and developed very negative self concepts in spite of how we love her and told her differently.

Now she refuses to go to her new school, she controls this by not sleeping at night and by eating very little. She has 100% support from me, family, out of school friends and her new school personnel but the fear of this trauma happening again is enough to stop my beautiful child from taking steps to live again. She promised me she would not physically harm herself but she did choose to emotionally die - I will continue to do everything I can to help her find her will to live again.

We cannot homeschool in our community it is not an option. I have other children happy in school and their lives and so moving country is not an option. Pushing for in school changes to provide my daughter with the support she needs and raising awareness are my only options.

My heart breaks for Amanda Todd and all the children who have lost their lives to Bullycide.

Last Edited by Pharista on 10/12/2012 02:10 PM

where are the parents?

don't they talk to this beautiful creature?

i guess too busy, everyone's busy doing nothing, filling the void

she looks like a beautiful woman, probably a lot of jealousy

didn't she have any friends to back her up?

why didn't the parents or teachers back her up?

empower yourselves and know you are one with God and are immensely powerful

be love

She died too young. She still didn't know much.

HATE to be the bad guy here... But I've been researching this story all day looking at dates and such of all said "Evidence"...

It's really really starting to look like this is fabricated...

There no confirmation whatsoever of an alleged suicide. The creation of facebook pages related to this were made before she supposedly killed herself...

SHe may have still killed herself but the page was for certain created with the title RIP Amanda Tod a good amount of time before they say she killed herself.

I'm looking through as much of the canadian press in her area that I can find trying to find anything that says officially they found Amanda Todd dead and I can't find it.

IF someone else can please share some solid evidence on this I'll stop but theres also more than what I've put on this reply that suggests something fishy about this whole story...


Now that doesn't mean the bullying isn't ridiculously awful right now on this planet. I've put an end to a large amount of bullying around here with the help of the ISD's in the area and many parents so I understand how awful the world of bullying is right now. But I'm also smart enough to see holes in stories and this one has Swiss Cheese all over it.

Don't attack me for noticing the obvious please.

Last Edited by XSlyOneX on 10/12/2012 02:06 PM

Articles on her death and the video she made:

[link to www.vancouversun.com]

[link to fullcomment.nationalpost.com]

[link to www.allvoices.com]

The girl that punched her was a girlfriend of the old guy she befriended later on in a new place and became involved that she met in the library .
He convinced her to come to his house while his girlfriend was out of town.He just wanted sex but she thought he really liked her.She had no other friends and fell for his lies.He just wanted sex.The picture was taken in the 7th grade so she was just a child.
Sounds like the harassment went on for years and she finally just couldnt take anymore.
She reminds me of myself.I felt the same way but luckily there was no internet to bully me way back then or I would probably have done what she did.
Takes a lot of age to finally see that people dont mean a damn thing as far as your life but when you are young and being bullied you can only feel devastated and ashamed when something like that happens to you.
Sounds like she had a messed up home life too.I did also and no support from my mom at all so that adds to the issue.When you are in grade school and high school all this crap matters to you because you dont know till later in life it doesnt.We all want to be accepted.

:chrishanson:

If you look through the last 11 pages of this thread, you will find links to local Canadian stations like Vancouver news. Also, her original bullies are on this page:
[link to www.youtube.com]

And they are fighting every damn one because they don't care she is dead, there are @12,000 posts on there...

I have a few close friends. Safer that way. I have been burned to many times. Live and learn I guess.

sick sick bastards. These motherfuckers need hunted down, and brought to trail for murder, they are responsible for this young girls death.

It's official. Facebook kills.

If it wasn't for all these useless social networks full of your "friends" this would have never happened.

Parents should not allow developing minds to reach out to so many anonymous personalities - especially in a sexual context. Eventually your kids are going to hit the shit jackpot.

You must be the hundredth monkey. Mob mentality :(

Vancouver news was one of the first places I visited and yes I saw the article it was still solely based on the video. It still has nothing official on the Actual Amanda Todd. Nothing from her family no official anything on a death. Whenever a death happens especially one of this nature there is always more information and EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE ON this is only based off this video. And yes I've looked through every page of this post.

straight up neglect

You claim it's a fake..... so what's the motive? Witness protection?

This issue is really important. To me, its apparent that the initial teens, the boys, may have been involved in the bigger pedifile or porn ring, BUT, they may not have because, their pics and info may just have been hijacked.

There are groups though, with adults and teens that work for the corrupt (cia in my opinion and elite run in my opinion) groups that market kids.

She was told she was beautiful and perfect.

Yeah they wanted her, and so used blackmailing, which didn't work, so that made them switch to destroy her mode as a lesson to other children and teens who they target, to scare them.

And so adults hearing this are thinking of the ways they would deal with this and even what needs to be done, for our privacy is being violated.

However, the children themselves, who are in similar situations, they look at this in a different way, as pressure to be blackmailed.

Schools, and Adults and communities need to deal with this issue up front and expose this blackmailing pedifile/porn ring for what it is and stand by and raise the roof and ways for girls to come forward if this is happening to them and protect them from the fallout, and keep them safe emotionally.

Need to start working on this particular issue, not just bullying over all.

I wish you lots of luck with your daughter. The fact that you have taken this seriously and are doing something about it. Makes her chance of getting past this. Greater than some of those poor kids out there.
Tell her their is a rainbow waiting for her when she is ready :)

This is one of the saddest things I have ever seen, that poor little girl, OMG I can't stop crying..that poor little girl.

R.I.P and God bless her parents and family. OMG.

I understand what you are saying, but this comes from raising a child to be complacent, to not make waves and that there will be worse repercussions if you stand up for yourself.

It is an art for parents to be able to help their children learn to stand up for what is right.

My home never became a party place. My home became a refuge where my daughters friends could come and know they were safe. Most had working parents who had "checked out" of their children's lives. They all had cell phones so their parents could do the daily check in after school...older latch key kids. They knew that in my home they could have a voice but that didn't mean I agreed with them. I just heard them out, then told them how I felt in return.

The big thing I stressed was that they needed to find strength and guts to stand up for themselves and not be complacent for fear of repercussions.

When my son was a senior, his wrestling team mates had a party at a parents home who was on vacation. My son came home after the match and did not participate, telling me the reason why. The parents house was destroyed and when it came time for punishment, the wrestling coach included my son. His entire team stood up for my son, I stood up for my son, then my son stood up for himself. In the end the coach did the right thing and publicly apologized to my son. It was a crowning moment to see how one kid who didn't participate wasn't bullied but instead protected by his peers.

I know I did my best in parenting - in the least it's the best I know. The proof is in my grown children and who they are now. Of course they aren't perfect, but they are the best they can be.

Let me start off by saying this is TERRIBLE, and a COMPLETE TRAGEDY. God bless her.

But let my also say that being involved in this facebook stuff is a choice. Flashing people online is asking for trouble, and she knew it too as evidenced by what she wrote. The issue was not the world as it has been cruel this way for a long time (we just didn't hear about it as much). The issue is WHAT OUR KIDS ARE LEARNING. The issue is HOW WE RAISE OUR KIDS. Another issue with this story is that she slept with someone who was taken. Once again, let me say its a terrible tragedy, and I hate that this happened, but what did she expect when her life was brutal and she continued on a path of making terrible decisions?

I was much like her. Things got ridiculously mean to the point where my foundation of logic, kharma and personal perceptions were questioned and so I tried to kill myself a few times with drugs. I got out, and I have been able to restart and never look back. I'm now 24 with a good career, confidence and friends. But as people said earlier - I didn't restart my life on facebook. Yes it was tough, but thanks to a GREAT MOM, I was helped through. Thanks to a good upbringing, I always had that voice that said 'dont do it'.

Something surely needs to change, but please let this be a message to anyone here with children -- you can really make a difference in our lives.

Maybe, just maybe, the issue is the world that increasingly moves in the direction of younger sex, drugs and alcohol. We need role models, and someone that just works and gets through life and ignores their child is not a role model.

Talk to your children. Read to your young ones at a young age. Give us skills, and foundation. Give us the knowledge to know better. Stop the wheels and turn this picture around.

If that's all you've got to offer considering this tragedy, then you might consider head therapy yourself.

hard to feel sad for anyone that takes their own life.

suicide is not the answer.

revenge is sweeter.

Yes Pharista I agree with blue skies

Great job supporting your daughter, as a child of vicious bullying I can understand what your daughter is going thru, the only difference and one I am grateful for was back then in the late 80's and early 90's there was no internet or I know for a fact it would have been really bad.
The things they did to me made me cry constantly, refuse to go to school and fight my parents relentlessly just to stay home, it was pure torture.

With a parent like you and your support your daughter will be ok.

Note she started on antidepressants when only 13 which give CHILDREN suicidal tendencies. She classifies as a child.
The weight of what she carried was more than unbearable without the probable influence of antidepressants pushing her all the way over the edge.
They have been contraindicated with clear warnings for 5 years already and yet that has not stopped prescribing these medications.

I can't tell you how helpless a parent is when their child is being bullied. We don't know the whole story from their side.
They got "medical" help and changed her school three times in the span of 1 1/2 years.
She wrote she wanted to live with her mother meaning she came from a broken home and was looking for friends as any CHILD will do, and this Facebook stalking followed her wherever she went making a fresh start impossible.

Poor little darlin. Terrible cynical introduction to life and finding her place, a sense of safety and trust, developing an identity, and having her innocence dragged in the mud.

Definitely get some stringent rules to protect kids from cyberstalking.
That has to happen and Facebook et al is also responsible to create rules as well as instant barring certain bad bad people from using it at the first sign of misuse.

I hope this puts the question of validity to rest:

Underneath the video is posted:
Thu, Oct 11 - Coquitlam RCMP are investigating the death of a teenaged girl who posted a heartbreaking video online detailing her nightmare of bullying. Darlene Heidemann reports.


Read more: [link to www.canada.com]

absolutely

sorry double post

Last Edited by Hapablab on 10/12/2012 02:28 PM