My son spent years being mocked for his weight, but nothing prepared me for what happened at prom. When the most popular girl in school asked him to dance, I thought someone was finally showing him kindness. Then she humiliated him in front of everyone. What my son did next left everyone reeling.
My son, Mason, was seventeen, soft-spoken, and heavier than the boys who made his life miserable.
For months, his classmates had taped ugly photos to his locker and passed jokes around in group chats that always seemed to find their way back to him.
Every single time I tried to step in, he would say the same thing.
“Mom, please don’t. I’ll handle it myself.”