Children Who Could Not Cope

On this page we remember and love a few angels who could not cope with abuse, bullying, intimidation and spurning ad took their own life. As on the other pages, we cannot feature everyone, but we still hope that people will understand how bad abuse and bullying are.

"How many lives have to be lost before people realize that words do matter?" (Rebecca Sedwick)

The original drawings are all signed both at the front (initials) and at the back (full name).

1. Rebecca Sedwick (October 19, 2000 - September 9, 2013); 2. Chandler Nash-Elliott (May 8, 1998 - December 14, 2009); 3. Kelly Yeomans (May 22, 1984 - September 28, 1997); 4. Max Colbreth (April 3, 1989 - October 26, 2001); 5. Dolly Everett (May 1, 2003 - January 3, 2018); 6. Sladjana Vidovic (April 4, 1992 - October 2, 2008); 7. Tyler Long (April 25, 1992 - October 17, 2009); 8. Nicola Raphael (September 10, 1985 - June 24, 2001); 9. Tyrone Unsworth (August 16, 2003 - November 22, 2016); 10. Ashlynn Conner (December 2, 2000 - November 11, 2011); 11. Gabriel Taye (February 21, 2008 - January 26, 2017); 12. Thomas Trosvik (November 29, 1993 - February 8, 2006); 13. April Himes (April 27, 1986 - February 14, 2000); 14. Gabrielle Molina (November 7, 2000 - May 22, 2013); 15. Amanda Todd (November 27, 1996 - October 10, 2012); 16. Jay Lu (May 26, 2006 - March 25, 2022); 17. Katie Sabin (January 15, 1988 - April 30, 2004); 18. Izabel Laxamana (November 2002 - May 29, 2015); 19. Eric Mohat (March 16, 1990 - March 29, 2007); 20. Cade Poulos (February 23, 1999 - September 26, 2012); 21. Olivia Evans (2007/2008 - May 5, 2023); 22. Charlotte O'Brien (January 2, 2012 - September 9, 2024); 23. Joel Morales (1999/2000 - May 29, 2012); 24. Ella Catley-Crawford (2011/2012 - November 5, 2024); 25. Richard Ty Smalley (June 16, 1998 - My 13, 2010); 26. Jared High (September 23, 1985 - September 29, 1998); 27. Dawn-Marie Wesley (May 5, 1986 - November 10, 2000); 28. Sammy Teusch (February 21, 2014 - May 5, 2024); 29. Ian Austin (September 25, 2009 - December 7, 2019); 30. Mallory Grossman (April 22, 2005 - June 14, 2017)

A few stories...

Dolly was the sweet and happy child model of Australian Akubra hats when she was about 6 (as in the drawing). At 14 she decided to leave this world because of relentless bullying.

Tyler had Asperger's Syndrome and was also gay. He was sadly brutally bullied for being different.

Charlotte died on the same day (not year of course) as Rebecca. She had been relentlessly bullied at her school for about 18 months after confiding to other girls something she had learned about the past of her biological father (she now had a stepfather). The school (a private Catholic school in Strathfield, Australia) said that they had investigated the matter, asked the girls about the bullying, and as they had denied it, it appears that the case was closed for them. When contacted by the media after Charlotte's suicide, they also said that their priority now was to offer support to students and staff (the support they never offered to Charlotte?), and they later also removed a memorial in front of the school because they thought it could affect the mental health of the students. It is believed that they also removed all negative comments left by the public on social media and blocked people, and that the principal said that after Charlotte's death she received many emails from parents saying how safe their children felt. Absolutely awful. Rest in peace, Charlotte! This was Charlotte's memorial, removed by the school where she was bullied to death with nobody to help her. We will keep it alive here:

Ella died less than two months after Charlotte, also because of bullying, specifically catfishing. The bullying had started at a school in Brisbane, Australia, where she had started studying after winning a scholarship.

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Omnia vincit amor. (Virgil)

Love conquers all.