From Fox News: Two Minnesota girls who felt bullied by their peers killed themselves in an apparent suicide pact during a sleepover at one of the teen's homes.
A family member found the bodies of Haylee Fentress and Paige Moravetz, both 14, on Saturday at a home in Island Lake Township, Minn.
The girls hanged themselves and left suicide notes, one detailing plans for her funeral, ABC News reports.
"She requested everything pink and princess and butterflies," Fentress' aunt, Robin Settle, told the network in an interview.
The two friends, who attended Marshall Middle School, reportedly felt like outcasts in their eighth-grade class. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/21/bullied-minnesota-girls-reportedly-hang-apparent-suicide-pact/
Bullying is a terrible thing in schools. I know my son was bullied at his school for a little bit and it was so damaging and hurtful to him and he needed all the support he could get from home.
As a teacher, I take bullying seriously if I see it. However, there are some teachers out there that don't take it seriously and sometimes even partake in the bullying and this can be the result.
Prayers to the families of the kids and I hope if anyone ever sees bullying going on, they need to stop it. Whether it is students, teachers or parents.
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