My neice is 9 years old and anyway she is having trouble at school with a classmate that does not like her and so anyway on Thursday she was at school and she started to cut herself right in the classroom and she wrote on her arm I am so stupid in black ink. I think she needs help professionally but her parents say no she is fine what I worry about is with her only being 9 this could get worse. I tried talking with them but they will not listen to me. I am afraid for this little girl. Her regular teacher saw it and my neice said she looked like she was going to cry but then the student teacher saw it and she told her your only stupid when you sit their and do nothing well that infuriated me I told my neice you are never stupid you just dont always make the right choice but not because your stupid you are not stupid and that was wrong for that teacher to say. I told her that it made me sad to see that she is in so much pain inside that she would have to hurt herself to feel better. But any suggestions on this would greatly be appreciated.

Thank you,
Angela