i am known as the happiest and friendliest person in my grade but they dont really know me i have been bullied as a small child and i did nothing about it. I guess i just got used to it... One day i almost got into a fist fight but luckily someone spoke up for me and he became my best friend. If he hadnt spoken up for me I would porbably still be suffering. Now im living a hapy life but still has some ups and downs of course, im getting over my depression (i had been diagnosed when i was 8) and im making new friends almost everyday!!! So speak up you can make a huge difference and be positive the cause stops now.

Ari, 12, NY

I have a Granddaughter that has been a victim of bullying, not just from students, but from also a teacher. Thats also can wreck a Childs life, but that really goes ignored by Schools. They always can make a excuse if you try to say a teacher is actually bullying your child, ( and they do it way to much) . I just wish there was anything i could do to feel I could help with this sad situation. There is not enough attention put on it, not in our situation anyway.It has brought my beautiful Granddaughter so many emotional problems. Shes is actually scared to death to go to School.

Julie, 49, Alabama

I care because I was once bullied. This girl would always pick on me everyday. I hated being bullied. I felt like a nobody. Others must have been treated even worst. She would push me around. One day she said to me in gym"Do you want me to hit you with the ball or with my fist."I said neither because I was afraid of what was gonna happen next. I was scared then now I am not. But now she teases other kids. I am in middle school. But I never forgot I will always have friends by my side. They will always be there fort me till I can deal with my own problems I can now but it's hard to be all alone. And I will always be by there side no matter what happens in life. You should never ever bully someone else. 

Lexi, 13, New York