Little Brother....ISSUES!

So my older brother is in the army and he came home from Iraq for hopefully the last time, but he's being moved to fort hood, so he was able to visit home this past week before he went over there. We were hanging out talking in my room which usually turns into talking about our family. Our sixth grade brother is, I hate to admit it, a geek. He goes to this private school that we've pretty much all gone to at some point in our lives. I am the second to have graduated from there. (It's kindergarten through 12th-and SUPER SMALL-my graduating class was 20) He has always been picked on since he went there, which he started going in first grade. All the kids have always picked on him. He's tall and lanky kinda, not very good at sports, wears glasses, and isn't very coordinated or confident. I was catching my older brother (age 21) up on the issues this younger brother has.

He's had self confidence issues since I can remember. He used to always talk about killing himself and our family and blowing up the school. =[ not cool. He's very emotional, but more closet emotional. He seems to always be depressed...and it doesn't help that his "friends" are always making fun of him. Teachers don't do anything. Makes me mad, especially because we have talked to them about it. It's a small school, how hard to could it be to keep an eye on that? They keep track of everybody else's just fine. Anywho that's another blog altogether. smh...

We think he should go see a psychiatrist or counselor or SOMEBODY. But we were discussing things we can do to help him with his self confidence. He takes everything too much to heart. We want to make him not care so much. My brother suggested that since, he's not home or any older brother for that matter, that I should do the deeds he suggests. My 24 year old brother helped this brother to not care so much and get confidence by making him hit on older girls. I know. I laughed at first too. But I am a woman. Of course I don't completely understand this. He explained to me by doing this our lil bro will experience both rejection and success. Older girls will think it's cute that this little boy is asking for their numbers and whatnot. He will begin to not care so much about the kids his age because he'll understand that there's more out there. Apparently the guy who has the most girls following him has the most power. I'm the closest to a an older brother he will have at home because I'm kind of a tomboy, and I'll tell him straight up what's what. He listens to me.

Also, we were thinking that maybe I can convince mom to let him go to a public school for at least one year. He'll learn that there are others like him. He's not alone in his awkwardness. Sure he'll get picked on but he won't be the only one. I think it'll be good for him. Maybe he'll also learn how to stand up for himself too. I want to help him so bad but there's only so much I can do. He needs a man to man him up. I am a woman. I don't understand everything he's going through because like I said I'M NOT A MAN!