PHOTO: Preston is a 6-year-old Lakewood boy who attends the Oak Street school, but his parents recently started a social media campaign after the boy says he started being afraid to go to school due to bullying.
His parents are hoping to bring awareness to the issue in hopes of preventing it from happening to others.
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Oy, moshiach zol shoin kumen!
Sending love! Say no to bullying!
Private or public school
Wrong wrong! As a parent I feel you are putting your child on the spot, why doesnt the parent take a picture with the sign? This is now going to cause the poor kid to probably be even more bullied, I’m sure there were other ways to put this out there… I feel bad for the little boy.
Wrong way to go about it. How embarrassing!
I hope the school sees this for what it is and corrects it. You’re (the parents) making this worse by having your child hold the sign. I hope I’m wrong and that action is taken. Stop the bullying!
Poor little guy. I hope everything works out for him. Life’s can be hard enough for kids.
Can’t imagine the pain this boy and parents r going through. I hope something is done fast to fix this problem!!!
I doubt this is a case of bullying if the school won’t deal with it. Sounds like attention grabbing on the kids part.
This is baffling because I know for a fact, this Lakewood school has 0% tolerance for bullying. Also, putting a face to this picture will get sympathy from the viewers but not the right way to go about it. Now this child will be known as “that kid.” Hopefully it will be for good & not a target. Wushing all involved the best.
I was bullied when I was a kid, I went to martial arts for few years, no one starts up with me till today!
Bring your son to any martial master, he will teach your son how to stand up for himself by breaking few noses, he have more self esteem as well and will be able to stand up for others!
The public school wont do anything It would not be politically correct to offend the bullys
Um… how exactly is this going to help? TALK TO THE SCHOOL NOT THE INTERNET. Facebook is not going to stop anyone from bullying.
there is no reason for every one comments this mom is trying to stop this. and putting her son face put there is letting everyone know who being pick on. the parents of the child who is doing the bullying needs to talk to their child. this is getting out of control.
If you research this, she says that she had the SAME problem with her daughter at another district! Sounds fishy to me-I think that they are looking to make money off of the district via a settlement to make her drop her suit. I know for a fact that this school has a zero tolerance for bullying, and I don’t believe it for a second.
And talking to school will help stop bullying?
Do me a favor!
I reposted this and sent copy to Garde State Equality, they are the leading anti bullying group around and responsible for legislation being passed under the directorship of Steven Goldstein, they have aske me to supply them with the name and number of this young victom in order to provide help and perhaps a professional moderator, Please contact me or GSE . contact me Fred A. Blumberg and I will personally get you in touch. I know how it is and we need help sometimes.
Hey, good luck – you’ve made it to Perth Western Australia!
So sad that someone would think this was an attempt for attention and not bullying. Hopefully the correct actions will be taken and the bullying will stop.
I agree with Cynthia. Who are we to judge? The child’s parents may feel backed against a wall. Whether or not we agree with the tactic, it is obvious this is a cry for help. So the question should be: what can be done to help?
Looks very fishy. “Help this go viral???” Does not sound like something parents who sincerely want the bullying to stop would focus on.
Send the Child and the bully / bullies to the same martial arts school. The “Sensei ” or instructor will know how to handle it. The Bully will end up being the kid’s protector .
I just read the post where Kate said the mom also has a lawsuit that involves her daughter’s school. That is a little fishy. I mean, school just started about 3 weeks ago. This news broke last week and students have already had about 4 days off. So that means in 2 weeks, all this bullying occurred? So much so that a lawsuit has been brought upon the school? In 2 weeks time? Fishy to me.
Young man: this what you are doing is brave
Those bullying you are the weakest link here
Bullies are those that know they worth nothing and try to get popularity by picking intp others that are better than they are
I read this story and felt terrible. Then I saw the mom and recognized her. She’s a story teller indeed. Disappeared and stopped returning messages when it was time for her to pay up for childcare. She would leave her son at my house until 10pm (no phone calls & barely knew me). Supposedly she was moving out of state bc the aunt she was staying with lost her home…2 years ago. I’m sure that was yet another story. This is a blatant ploy for money and it’s disgusting.