New Hampshire Girl Discussed Her Future Plans With Her Mom. But Bullies Allegedly Prevented Her From Making It to Dinner: ‘Teach Your Kids to Be Kind’

Alicia Moore (@alicia_michelle87), who lived in New Hampshire, was making dinner when her daughter, Nevaeh, went in to talk about her plans. It would be the last time they’d get to speak to one another before bullying allegedly caught up to her daughter.

“She came home on the third day of eighth grade, and there was nothing out of the ordinary. There was nothing that would have made me suspect that she was going to take her life,” Moore told TikTok. She posted the clip on August 29, her daughter’s death anniversary, to raise awareness on bullying and suicide prevention.

“In fact, while I was making dinner, she came into the kitchen. She talked to me about future plans,” Moore continued. It was around 5:30 p.m., and her daughter asked her to sign a permission slip for a school trip and other forms for extracurricular activities.

“I asked her how school was going because I was concerned, simply because in seventh grade, she was dealing with a lot of bullying,” she alleged. Her daughter allegedly replied that she was fine and that school was great. But bullying can get brutal, and this Nashville woman almost didn’t make it home after two bullies allegedly left her at a drug den.

Nevertheless, the conversation was cut short when Moore headed into the living room to check up on her dog, who needed to be taken out. Nevaeh closed her bedroom door, and the mother didn’t think much of it.

An immediate turn for the worst possible scenario

“She often had her door closed. I had called and asked her if she would take the dog out so I could finish making dinner. She didn’t respond,” Moore said. The mother didn’t panic, thinking Nevaeh was listening to music. Moore’s son, who was eight at the time, asked what was wrong. She told him to ask his sister if she could take the dog out, so he went to her room.

@alicia_michelle87

Around 5:30pm a year ago I was in the kitchen making dinner while Nevaeh shared with me future plans she had. Chorus, end of school 8th grade trip. She seemed happy At 5:47 I made the 911 call after Josiah found Nevaeh in her room. I attempted CPR until paramedics arrived. 17 minutes. That’s all it took for her to leave me. One minute she was talking to me about her future plans the next she took her life. I will never understand. It happened so quickly. I never saw it coming. She seemed in good spirits, I just don’t know if I will ever be able to accept this reality. Keep your children close. Don’t think just because they appear ok that they are. Ask questions. Sit them down, give them your full attention and ask them how they are doing. My beautiful daughter is now laying in a casket in a cemetery. I don’t get to hold her, laugh with her or watch her grow up anymore. All I’m left with are questions that will never be answered, a lifetime of wondering who she would have been, and a pain in my heart that will never leave me. Teach your children the importance of being kind. No child should ever have to question their worth because of the cruel words or actions of someone else. No child should be made to feel like they don’t belong, like they aren’t good enough, or like the world would be better without them. And no child should ever feel like the only way to escape the pain is to take their own life. Teach your children that their words matter. Their actions matter. The way they treat other people matters. Kindness isn’t just something nice to teach our kids. Sometimes, it can be life-saving #Childloss #Nevaehjadeperdiz #standagainstbullying

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The boy walked over to her room and opened the door. Moore said her son stopped and asked, “What are you doing?” as he stared into his sister’s room. Then, he turned and looked at his mother.

“Of course, this is Nevaeh. So, I’m thinking she’s doing something silly,” Moore said. She assumed her daughter was either filming a TikTok video, playing with slime, or painting her face. Moore walked up behind her son, and she froze.

“I pissed myself,” Moore recalled, mortified to see her child in the state she was in. It was already 5:47 p.m.—in just 17 minutes, her family had been turned upside down.

Moore carried her daughter to her bed. She was trying to wake Nevaeh up, but later realized she had to start doing CPR. “This whole time, my eight-year-old is right there. He’s seeing everything,” she added. In her panic, Moore didn’t get to close the door, and she didn’t think to put her daughter on a hard surface during CPR.

“I have always said, like, I work good under pressure. But this is just one of those moments that I didn’t,” Moore tearfully said. She regrets not putting her daughter on a flat surface during CPR, still wondering if she could have saved Nevaeh if she did.

Remembering Nevaeh and advocating against bullying

The paramedics eventually came and took over CPR. Nevaeh would be sent to the hospital, but would later be pronounced brain dead on September 2nd.

“She was thirteen years old. She was beautiful. She was smart—she loved art, she loved to write. She’s the most genuine, sweetest kid in the world,” Moore grieved. The mother said her daughter was thoughtful of others and used to leave notes around the house, telling her parents how much she loved them. Nevaeh left two journals, five letters for her family, and a sixth letter apologizing for her decision to take her life.

“Teach your kids to be kind, because my daughter would still be here if kids had just been kind to her,” Moore said. She recalled her daughter as a kind soul who easily made friends without prejudice. However, she believes not all children are raised to be kind.

“Unfortunately, not everyone raises their kids to be kind to everyone. So now, my daughter is dead,” Moore said, hinting at the alleged bullying. At the time of the clip’s upload, Moore said her daughter had been dead for two years. “Words matter, the way you treat people matters, the things you say to people matter. It costs absolutely nothing to be kind,” Moore ended. As a mother, she is continuing to navigate grief and loss on social media.

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