Maybe something good can come from this tragedy. A mother is telling PEOPLE that the Phoebe Prince case turned her onto the warning signs of bullying that were causing her daughter to crack. Carla Carey of Foxboro, Massachusetts said that she was hearing comments from her daughter that were eerily similar to what 15-year-old Phoebe Prince reportedly said before taking her own life. "My daughter said things like, 'I can't go on,'" the mom told People. Apparently Foxboro's daughter had gone to officials at Ahern Middle School after months of bullying by a classmate, but the incidents could not be validated. Finally, after overhearing a series of telephone calls that left her daughter in tears, Carla Carey decided to intervene. She called the police and had the girl taken to a hospital, where she stayed for six days.
"I learned the warning signs," says Carey. "Phoebe Prince's suicide saved my daughter's life."
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People.com. INSIDE STORY: Mom Says Phoebe Prince Case Saved Daughter's Life. April 21st, 2010.
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