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12 Year old New Jersey girl killed herself after "cyber bullying" and the family is suing the school district.
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I don't agree with this. Any child taking their own life is awful. But if she indeed took her life because she was being cyber bullied, the school is not to blame. The parents are. You know the one sure bet way to make sure your kid isn't getting cyber bullied? Don't give them access to social media!!!!
This was not on the schools watch and in my opinion, they have nothing to do with what happened.
I feel awful for her family, but they are pointing fingers in the wrong direction....
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[link to www.nbcnews.com]
The family of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl — who took her own life after allegedly being cyberbullied by her classmates — is suing the school district, saying Tuesday that administrators were negligent in preventing abuse that led to their daughter's death.
Dianne Grossman said when the school failed to stop the harassment towards her daughter, Mallory, she even tried approaching one alleged bully’s parent, begging the woman to ensure her child would stop.
Mallory, a sixth grader at Copeland, took her own life on June 14 after being relentlessly harassed by classmates, Grossman said during a press conference.
During the conference, the Grossmans’ lawyer, Bruce Nagel, said the family is filing an intent to sue Rockaway School District and all the administrators who “ignored months of pleas” from the family.
“[Mallory’s] life tragically ended when her own classmates used this cellphone to drive her into this tragedy,” Nagel said. “For months there were texts, Snapchat and Instagram — she was told she was a loser, she had no friends. She was even told, ‘why don't you kill yourself.’”
Rockaway Township School District Superintendent Greg McGann declined to comment to NBC News about the intended suit.
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