A patient I was taking care of sat down and talked to me one
night, heart-to-heart.
Her teenage son, whom I've met and seemed to be a nice, intelligent
young teen, was so badly bullied in school that he attempted
suicide and ended up with very bad fractures on both legs, to the
extent that he can no longer walk long distances and he tires
easily doing 'normal' everyday things.
I was aghast! I almost cried with her in her room! Her son is a
sweet, gentle, very well-behaved young boy and definitely didn't
deserved to be bullied and pushed to that extreme! She cried
because she felt she had failed to pick out the warning signs as a
mom and helped to protect and save her son. I was angry that the
other boys would pick on a sweet, gentle teen so viciously!
Guess it's not easy to raise kids here. Too much bad elements to
deal with. School bullies here can be shockingly cruel! Singapore's
school bullies are lame, compared! 
Not only that, there's the drugs to deal with too! I asked my
colleagues one day and almost all of them know of someone who's on
drugs or they themselves had experiemented with drugs at some
stage, and I suspect there are a couple who still take drugs
occasionally.
I think I can deal with kittens clawing my couch and shredding my
curtains better, thank you! At least I won't get a
heart attack from those! 
