[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Even the proudest seeming children are at risk of the dangers of bullying.
The parents of a Tennessee seventh-grader learned that the hard way when their son died by apparent suicide after classmates bullied him for how he dressed, saying that he’d go to hell for being gay.
According to reports, Eli Fritchley (above) took his own life on November 28. His parents told local TV station WKRN that the middle schooler wasn’t afraid to be himself — he liked to paint his nails and loved pink — and they thought he “didn’t care” what his classmates had to say about it. Related: Missing NJ Couple Found Lying Together Dead In The Pine Barrens His parents explained: Fritchley’s mother Debbey told WKRN that her