Amanda Todd’s mother is upset she was left out of Premier Christy Clark’s anti-bullying summit in Vancouver.
Carol Todd says she wanted to attend yesterday’s invite-only event, but was told by a ministry of education official her presence “might upset fragile students in attendance.”
Todd adds she did not request to speak at the summit, just observe it.
“I know that Christy [Clark] mentioned Amanda’s name quite a few times. If you are going to mention my daughter’s name, then I would think that it would’ve been nice if the parents had been invited.”
Noted author and parenting expert Barbara Coloroso was a speaker at the summit.
She spoke with CKNW’s Bill Good this morning.
Good: “Were you aware that her mother wanted to attend that forum yesterday and was told that she wasn’t welcome?”
Coloroso: “Oh, I was not told that. Actually, what I was told was that someone served as a representative from the family because they were not yet ready. Now, I could have been misled…”
Good: “No, I think you were because I’m going to be talking with Carol in just a few minutes…”
Coloroso: “Well, that’s important because there were at least 4 parents there whose kids had committed suicide.”
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