A vigil was planned Friday night at Mesa View Middle School in Calimesa, where the parents of a 13-year-old girl say she was bullied so badly, she eventually took her own life.
Charlene Avila and her husband, along with the rest of the family, are saying goodbye to their daughter, Rosalie.
"She kept a journal or a diary of the people who hurt her and people that called her ugly and just putting her down," shared Rosalie's mother.
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The couple said their daughter would often cut her wrists.
"I remember a couple nights she'd come home, telling me that the kids are calling her names about her teeth. I go, 'You have braces, honey, don't worry. The braces are going to come off,' and she said, 'Yeah, but my teeth are straight and they're still making fun of me,'" father Freddie Avila said.
Then, on Tuesday, Rosalie hanged herself.
"That's a vision you never want to see from your daughter in her bedroom," Charlene Avila said.
Rosalie was rushed to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, but it was too late. She was taken off life-support Friday.
"We had her in counseling, but I really feel like social media is such a big thing on kids," Charlene added. "I think kids don't have the maturity to handle it."
Rosalie's emotional father had a message for people everywhere.
"Think about what you say before you say it because your words are going to hurt somebody," Freddie Avila said, in tears.
Charlene Avila and her husband, along with the rest of the family, are saying goodbye to their daughter, Rosalie.
"She kept a journal or a diary of the people who hurt her and people that called her ugly and just putting her down," shared Rosalie's mother.
RELATED: How to talk to your kids about bullying
The couple said their daughter would often cut her wrists.
"I remember a couple nights she'd come home, telling me that the kids are calling her names about her teeth. I go, 'You have braces, honey, don't worry. The braces are going to come off,' and she said, 'Yeah, but my teeth are straight and they're still making fun of me,'" father Freddie Avila said.
Then, on Tuesday, Rosalie hanged herself.
"That's a vision you never want to see from your daughter in her bedroom," Charlene Avila said.
Rosalie was rushed to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, but it was too late. She was taken off life-support Friday.
"We had her in counseling, but I really feel like social media is such a big thing on kids," Charlene added. "I think kids don't have the maturity to handle it."
Rosalie's emotional father had a message for people everywhere.
"Think about what you say before you say it because your words are going to hurt somebody," Freddie Avila said, in tears.
13-year-old girl who committed suicide was victim of bullying, family says
A young Inland Empire girl took her own life, and her devastated family says she was the victim of relentless bullying at school.
Charlene Avila and her husband, along with the rest of the family, are saying goodbye to their daughter, Rosalie.
"She kept a journal or a diary of the people who hurt her and people that called her ugly and just putting her down," shared Rosalie's mother.
The couple said their daughter would often cut her wrists.
"I remember a couple nights she'd come home, telling me that the kids are calling her names about her teeth. I go, 'You have braces, honey, don't worry. The braces are going to come off,' and she said, 'Yeah, but my teeth are straight and they're still making fun of me,'" father Freddie Avila said.
Then, on Tuesday, Rosalie hanged herself.
"That's a vision you never want to see from your daughter in her bedroom," Charlene Avila said.
A young Inland Empire girl took her own life, and her devastated family says she was the victim of relentless bullying at school.
The way i would of helped this girl is by telling her to not care of what other people think. She should only care about herself and to talk to a grown up about what she is going through.