While the LGBTQIA+ community has been having a rough time in the current political climate, kids being bullied for being ‘different’ is not news. However, that doesn’t mean it should be allowed to happen, and a woman in North Carolina is determined to make sure her 13-year-old niece’s harassment at school is stopped. The young girl’s classmates have been harassing her for being gay, even going as far as to edit photos of her doing inappropriate sexual acts. And her dad? He chooses to do nothing.
“He believes he would be ruining the other kids’ lives if he escalated the situation and isn’t sure how to go about it,” the aunt gripes regarding her brother’s inaction to stop harassment against his daughter. “I believe that he’s so caught up in his own damn world that he’s not giving his child wellbeing enough attention to actually do something about it.” It’s hard not to blame her for being infuriated for dealing with a father who cares more about what others think than his own daughter.
Apparently, he found out about the whole situation after the school had contacted him to tell him that the kids were forced to delete all of the sexual pictures of his daughter. “How could they do this?” the North Carolina aunt asks, dumbfounded about the situation. She posted the whole story to Reddit to get some suggestions about the ordeal, and almost everyone believes the police should get involved. “Schools first response is an attempt to protect themselves,” says the top commenter, recommending OP go directly to the authorities instead of reporting anything to the school board.
“Go to law enforcement first,” another says in agreement. “This is a felony, production and distribution of CSAM.” One user points out that, under North Carolina law, this is second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, and the fact that the daughter’s dad is complacent with everything could make him guilty of abuse. Regardless, the general consensus of the comment section is that the police should be informed about the situation, as well as the parents of the bullies, as they need to know their kids are committing a felony.
Fortunately, OP has updated the post with an edit, stating that she got her brother on board with the police report only after she got it through his thick skull about the prospect of his daughter potentially ending her life because of classmate bullying. While involving the authorities might be somewhat traumatic for the 13-year-old, it will definitely have a better result than simply letting her deal with the bullies on her own.
