Teach Your Children to be Kind

Teach Your Children to be Kind…

So I have written to Jons peers. This is for the parents and I would like this to be shared as it’s not just for parents at my children’s school.

This is where my son Jon Morrell is laid to rest. This is where I have to go to visit or talk to my son. No one person is responsible for Jon’s death it was a combination of many things. I’m sure the kids that told Jon to kill himself on the Friday before it happened didn’t mean it. I am sure the ones that told him he was a nobody and no one liked him didn’t mean it.

However words hurt the same as when they spit on him, shoved him into the lockers and stabbed him with pencils.

It all starts with us as parents teaching our kids about the way to treat others. I by no means am a perfect parent. I have made many mistakes in my life and with my children. We all want what is best for our kids and sometimes we don’t know what we can do. We as parents need to talk to our kids about how they treat others. No one ever knows when they say something where that person is in their life and how they will take it.

Jon made his mistakes in his life and wasn’t a perfect kid. However Jon was genuine and saw the best in people. He never wished ill will to anyone. Now Jon is gone and we have individuals that are speaking poor of him and making awful comments to his brother. Joey is completely devastated. Not only was Jon his brother but his identical twin brother that literally had been with him every second of his life right up to those last final moments. Joe doesn’t need to hear people speaking poorly of his brother. Joey loves Jon. Jon loves Joey. The same for Sam and Zack.

Your children for the most part got to see their brothers and sisters for the holidays etc. Sammi , Zack and Joe visited Jon at the cemetery on Christmas morning and cried and hearts broke just wanting to see that smile again.

Life should never be taken for granted. I never imagined when I said goodbye to Jon and he came and said he loved me and hugged me that it would be the last time.
We all need to listen to our kids more and guide them. We need to have those hard conversations. We need to make sure are kids are doing the right thing. We need to teach them when they see others being mean even if they don’t participate if they just walk away it’s a form of acceptance.

Those in history that did that greatest things never traveled their paths quietly. We need to teach our kids to use their voices.

Just one person can make all the difference for one kid.

I don’t want any parent ever again to have to go through what we go through daily.
Please tell your children to try to be kinder to each other. Telling someone to go kill themselves is not ok. Making fun of the way someone looks or how they dresses is not ok.

We don’t expect all kids to like one another but they need to teach them to respect one another or the world they are growing into is going to be a world filled with hate and more wakes and funerals to attend.

Please I beg you talk to your children.

Let my son Jon Rest In Peace. I don’t know what joy any child would have of speaking ill of a child that has died. Or what joy it brings to torture his family by speaking poorly of him.

Please I beg you speak to your children and let my son be at peace and my other children try to move forward on this very difficult path.

Thank you all for reading