Ryan's Story Informs Parents About Bullying, Teen Suicide

In the article Ryan's Story Informs Parents About Bullying, Teen Suicide John Halligan gave a presentation about teen suicide to Glen Rock students grades 6-10 and one that night to parents of the students. He is an expert on this topic because his 13 year old son committed suicide. This caring father has made multiple bulling prevention laws in the state of Vermont. They involve parents being more apparent in children’s life and schools taking charge.  This article doesn’t show slant or biased but it’s mainly written from a parent’s perspective.  It does include a little of the perspective from kids though. Mr. Halligan explains how his child killed himself, and the online and in person bulling involved. He also shares with the author of this article something a student told him, "You know, Mr. Halligan, I would actually prefer to get punched out than have someone spread a rumor about me, because I can go to the adults and show them a black eye and get a response, but it's impossible for me to show them my bruised heart."  This article is informational and is written in a problem solution format. It shows the problems of bulling and the solution of suicide. With the problem of suicide it shows the fathers solution to make a difference.  This article is a good source of information about bullying. It is from the North Jersey paper, and the author is a journalist. The information is from John Halligan who knows from the experiences of his son what teen suicide is like. This source of information about bullying and teen suicide is a reliable article to read.