Bullied To Death: Two Devastated Moms Speak Out

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Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Original Airdate: May 6, 2009 Oprah and experts talk to parents and victims of bullying. Just days after burying their 11-year-old sons, who were bullied to death, two mothers speak out about walking through the same nightmare. Despite their own pain, Sirdeaner and Masika stood up for the millions of children across the country who suffer at the hands of other classmates. They hoped to spark a national conversation about bullying and offer the advice all parents need to hear to keep their kids safe. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.2	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.1	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.7	The moments that mattered, the eye-opening light lessons, never allow them to take
0:29.9	you somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back.
0:33.4	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.6	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.5	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.2	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.9	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:59.6	You're about to meet a mother who buried her 11-year-old son just three days ago.
1:06.0	And another mother who buried her son 11 years old, two weeks ago.
1:12.8	You may have seen the headlines about what happened.
1:15.2	Saw the headlines just like I did.
1:17.5	And I am so disturbed by what reports say these boys have endured, I said to the producers,
1:23.1	we're going to begin a national conversation.
1:25.2	We need to out the bullies.
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