Marianne's son also took his own life: 'Bullying difficult to prevent'

It has been thirteen years since Marianne van Balen lost her then 16-year-old son Thomas. The boy from Roosendaal was bullied at school and took his own life. As a teacher at a secondary school, Marianne knows all too well how difficult it is to prevent bullying. We spoke to Marianne about the death of Nina (14) from Helmond. She took her own life on 1 April this year because she was bullied. The girl was supervised by the school, but the bullyi…