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A Boy Who Got Bullied In School Is NOW Friends With Enrique, The Hulk And Captain America!

byStorypickers
11th December 2017
3 minute read

According to psychologists, children become bullies because of several reasons but the most common ones are a) they have no control over their personal lives so they exert control where they can and b) they are trying to compensate for their own failures and insecurities by bullying the more successful kids. So it comes as no surprise that the nerd with thick glasses at school gets bullied twice as much as any other kid.

Bullying is NOT funny, it has lifetime effects on the bully as well as the victim. It harms a child’s self-image and breaks their psyche, rendering them to live in a constant state of peril.

A young middle-schooler, Keaton Jones, from Knoxville, Tennesse, expressed his hatred for school to his mother, and the desire to skip lunch almost every day, just so he doesn’t have to face the bullies.

She posted a video on Facebook where Keaton is talking about what happens to him and how does it make him feel. She posted a strong message for all the bullies.

 

Kimberly Jones: “For the record, Keaton asked to do this AFTER he had me pick him up AGAIN because he was afraid to go to lunch. My kids are by no stretch perfect, & at home, he’s as all boys as they come, but by all accounts, he’s good at school. Talk to your kids. I’ve even had friends of mine tell me they’re kids were only nice to him to get him to mess with people. We all know how it feels to want to belong, but only a select few know how it really feels not to belong anywhere.“

His sister, Lakyn Jones, took to Twitter to share his message about bullying and celebrities gave him a huge shout-out and invited him to their shows, premiers and casual meeting.

1. Captain America to the rescue!

2. So generous, Zedd!

3. “You got a pal in the Hulk”

4. You’ve got some big friends now, Keaton!

5. A date with Hailee Steinfeld!!!

6. Luke Skywalker, the greatest Jedi, has your back.

7. He can be your hero, Keaton!

8. Oswalt started a GoFundMe campaign for raising his tuition fee.

9. Godspeed to that!

Some more celebrities even posted about it on their personal Instagram accounts.

1. Ditto, Katy.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcigRXeFEkI/

2. Ain’t nobody bullying you when you have SnoopDogg as a ‘friend for life’.

Nobody, I repeat, nobody deserves to feel out of place or that they can never fit in somewhere. If your kid is a bully, knock some sense into them. If your kid is a victim of bullying, raise the concerns with the school, show your support and help them stand back stronger and taller than before. It’s like Keaton said, 

If we can thank the internet for one thing then it would be to expand the social support system across the world. It’s so heart-warming and overwhelming to see so many big names standing up in his support.

Seems like today is the day things get better for Keaton, just like he believed that it will.

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