it has to get better.

Are schools listening? I hope so. I find it terrifying enough to listen to the experiences and words of people who have lived through this sort of violent bullying, but what resonated with me today, is that these experiences are so intertwined with daily life at school. Elementary school, Junior High, High school. Somewhere that you have zero choice or input into if you attend or not, you just have to keep going back every day year after year. How can we not be doing everything we can to make schools a better place for children every single day. How can we not? They're schools for gods sake. Places for children.

I know what my experience in high school was like, and you hope that as time marches on people's tolerance and perspectives change, especially towards diversity and inclusion. But I guess my question is, is it? Or am I just assuming that invariably it will because how could it not? If kids are still killing themselves becasue of how they are made to feel about who they are, then I don't know how well we are all doing.

When our daughter starts school, what will her experience be? Will this even be a topic? Or will I be having this conversation with her, about why some people can't accept others? I hope to God I wont' be.