When I was in the 1st grade an older girl threatened to kill me on an almost daily basis. No little kid should have to be told they're going to die tomorrow.

Kennedy - 14 - Australia

children dont deserve to be picked on , for someone to single out an individual because there different. it can make people do horrible things , make them feel alone , like there nothing special , like no-one cares . ive been bullied before and i know how horrible it makes someone feel. they kept calling me fat and chubby and they just mulipulated me . i had friends who really cared but at that point i didnt even fell that they cared because i thought i was alone . it went on for about 6 mounths untill i realized how much my friends cared . i told my teacher and it all got sorted out they never dd it again. But some children cant  make it stop which is why they need help . SO HELP STOP BULLYING AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE ! 

Rebekah - 12 - England

My friends and I used to bully a girl that we didn't like in 5th grade. Things changed the next year. In 6th grade, I was the victim of bullying. I felt terrible and I wanted to take back everything I said to that poor girl in 5th grade. If I could go back in time, i'd change the way I treated the girl. 

Yazmin - 15 - AZ

I moved countrys and I was the most popular girl in my new school.After a while the girls I called frieends started telling everyone im a whore, slut and many things.After thta I started cutting and my mom found out.I had never seen my mom cry so it amde me stop.I amde new friends,but after a while one of them publishes a nude video she tapped of my while I was takign a bath.She then told the whole school that I posted on of her on youtube with was a lie.Everyone hated me and now im changing school.Bullying hurts, a lot and if you havent gone through it, you will at some point.Because the slightest remark can cause a lifetime impact.Be careful and treat people well because who knows maybe someday youll be on thir place, and dont you wish you ahd someone who helped you?

Fernand - 12 - ca

My freshman year of high school, one of my best friends was being bullied, and I tried my best to help him. After a while though, it got to the point where he stopped trusting people, including me, which caused him to not talk to me anymore. He switched to an online school for a couple weeks, but he still was being bullied. In the end, he committed suicide. Because of bullying, I lost my best friend, who was such a creative person. Nobody should have to deal with that... EVER. 

Marisa - 18 - NJ

I am all for joining the movement because I too was bullied growing up and it still affects me today where I had basically shut everybody out.

Janelle - 22 - ks

Not one person deserves to be bullied EVER.  I get bullied ALL the time.   I don't know why but i have this one friend thats less popular and you know we get along fine.  And she's bullied all the time because she has a little more meat on her bones then i do.  I get bullied because i'm ugly and i tend to say um all the time.  one of my best friends is accutully one of the most popular girls in school.  Everytime i go around her when her friends are around they tell me to get lost or something.  so now we hardly talk in school and the only time we talk is on email or we text eachother.  so thats what bullying can do to you! oh and one time i told one of my favorite teachers about these kids that were making fun of me .So i asked her to move my seat and she goes "no they sit like 5 seats away from u there not bullying u".    WHY CANT THIS END!!  IF YOU ARE A BULLY I SUGGEST U STOP BEFORE THE NEW ANTI BULLYING LAW COMES OUT IN 2012 OR YOU'LL GET SUSPENDED OR IF ITS THAT SERIOUS GO TO JAIL!  STOP IT RITE NOW!  KIDS HAVE TAKEN THERE LIVES BECAUSE OF IT.  SO STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Holly - 14 - Fl

im in  6th grad but im being bullyed and my friends are to i seen demi saying that to go here and i did. some times i think about being a cool kid but i bullyed some one and it did not feel good at all i remberd that i was to so i said sorry to her and i said i dont want to be like you if it mens that i hafe to bully people

makayla - 12 - tx

"everyday a girl or boy is getting bullied in my school .I  am always seeing other get hurt physically and  those who did it never got caught .Bullying turned my best friends away from and now they are in it.They always try to bring others down but I'm here to  say stop bullying  stop this crazy disease you will be a better person if you help stop it TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

steven - 15 - ma

I go to a small school. They only have 15 9th graders. So of course every class or school needs a queen bee right? They didn't call me names, but they isolate me...slowly. And it get's worse each day. They made me feel like a total loser. One of the guys even dare to write "DIE" on my desk. My parents knew and they're doing their best to help me. Sometimes it makes me think that i deserve it. And there was one point that i was too afraid to even say anything to anyone, because i was afraid that I would say something wrong. They didn't only isolate me, but they also did cyber bullying. I had suicidal thoughts. I cried every sunday night because i didnt want to go to school the next morning. School used to be a second home to me, but now i don't feel safe there. I have a hard time trusting people because of that. A girl who i thought was my bff, back stabbed me, though she used to come to my house and eat dinner there. But i never showed how i feel at school. My parents knew about this and their trying their best to help. I am going to move school in January. So please, END BULLYING!!! We are all special in our own ways... :)

Angelina - 14 - ID

I can't be silent any longer.  I was a former bullied teen.  More than that, I was a bullied teen who tried to commit suicide 12 years ago because I couldn't take it anymore, and I didn't know of a way out.  After reading the latest suicides from two months ago, the old memories began to relive in my mind and I remember that those stories were almost mine.  And it must be stopped right now.  If you are being bullied, and you feel like there is no out, find support immediately.  Suicide is not the answer.  there are people who care, look, reach out, don't stop until you do.  And for those who used to be bullied and are reliving the pain, don't become the victim, there are people out there who will also help you, therapist, support groups, that will help you accept yourself as you are.  For all of us, as victims and former victims, we can stop this madness.  We can make a stand today.

Samantha - 30 - CA

I have been cyberbullyed. It was AWFUL! For the first time in my life I was scared to go by a computer. I thought that was thw worst time of my life. If I thought that was bad, I wonder what it's like being physically hurt. That's why I care.

Madeline - 9 - ny

some of my friends bullied a girl in my class,who was my friend too ,so I went to them and said that it is not okay but after that they started to rail about me.At first it was horrible to know that they are railing about me and my friend but now I just dont care becuase I got  confident because of that.And to tell the truth :at first I was one of them too.I bullied others too but after all that things that happened,I realized that it is so wrong .The people who bully others are the idiots !

Juliana - 14 - D

I have been bullied before and it doesn't feel good to feel like your going to get beat up everyday you go to school. I get bullied everyday by people that hate me I have no idea why they hate me i don't know what I did wrong, sometimes they lie about me and make me have to go to the pricable for something that I didn't even do but I eventually get over it, it doen't feel good to get bullied and I want it to stop.

Bella - 11 - UT

I heard my friends talking that they will go to the mall together this Saturday to buy dresses for our class Christmas party, and I asked I could go with them, they said "ok". Right after that, my  bestfriend said that they are gonna switch to plan B. I asked them what plan B was and no one  answered me. When the rest of the my friends left, I asked one of my friends to tell what their plan B was, she said that their plan B was to ditch me at the mall. I felt disappointed cause I thought that they were one of my good friends. I deactivated mt Facebook account but reactivated it to see their pictures at the mall and it really hurt me knowing that they didn't feel bad about ditching me.

Kathryn Mier - 12 - Ph

i am being bullied right now and itdidnt feel very good but i got alot of support by my friends and family so if you know someone or you are being bullid right now tell someone becuase thats wat i did and i am still being bullied but its not affecting me becuase of the support i got   HELP STOP BULLIYING NOW I AM A KID AGAINST BULLYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                           

yeni - 11 - sd

Bullying is lethal. You may not look at it that way but that is essenially what it is. I wasn't ever bullied but I have seen kids get bullied and the outcome is never good. Even though I wasn't bullied I still do something a lot of bullied kids do. I cut myself. Not for attention like most people think cutters do. To be honest, cutting is a way to control your pain and I don't think anyone should have to resort to this method. And then if people notice you cut thats just another thing they bully about. If people could just understand what bullying causes - emotionally and physically - maybe it could stop. If people could just understand the reason bullied kids do the things they do to cope maybe it could stop. Please stop bullying and if you are being bullied know that its okay and to look for help. There is always someone who can help. Everyone should be aware and active in the fight against bullying.

Brooke - 19 - UT

Nobody deserves to be bullied for who they are, that's what makes the world so much better. No two people are alike so why bully someone who is different because everyone is different! Bullying needs to be stopped! I'm ready to join with other teens to stop bullying!

Melanie - 15 - AR

If you know someone who is being bullied reach out to them, take action. Tell them to talk with someone that can help! It's amazing how much a few friends can help. 

Grace - 15 - FL

every child should have the right to attend school in a safe and respectful educational environment. Children can be so cruel to one another. They need to be taught tolerance and kindness at home so it becomes second nature to them in all walks of their lives. School should be an exciting place for children to go to, not something they fear. 

Marjorie - 63 - White Plains, New York

Me alone I believe is being bullied, it's hard because nobody understands. They started out being my friend but then internet abuse started and to make things worse I have no confidence so at school they take everychance they get to break my confidence down futher. They make things up one of them kicked me in the groin and it hurt, it really hurt. When people confronted them about this they said I was lying and I made it up but I didnt they even made me doubt myself about it, doubt it never happened! I hate it I feel horrible, i wish it would just go away. 

Olivia - 12 - uk

I know how it feels being bullied. And I want it to be over and i'm tired of everyone bullying me. Making fun of me, throwing my homework on the floor and calling me a freak. I been bullied for three years and i cant  take it anymore. I'm losing my focus. Nobody sits around me, doesnt even talk to me, and they talk behind my back. I want to make a change about this. One day I will just forget about the bullying moments.

Saramaya - 10 - IL

"I was bullied from the first to the sixth grade, then I moved schools. It really hurts when the bullys tell you mean stuff. It made me want to kill myself. I cut myself all the time because i can still hear what theyre saying. Sometimes I'll have flashbaks of them slapping me to the point where I got frustrated and cried. I know how it feels to be bullied. I still cut myself but I'm trying to get help,i just dont know how to ask. I have suicidal thoughts too. I hide my body by wearing long clothes,even in the heat. Please stop bullying,in a way it saves lifes if you dont bully."

Marie - 14 - ca

Even though i have never been bullied or anyone i knew was i still think its a horrible thing.Bullies should realize what there doing and why it isnt right to just pick on someone who does absolutley nothing to you. everybody is there unique self and the shouldnt be bullied by it and im here to help fight against the cruelty of bullying 

odalys - 12 - IL

I know how it is... I know how it hurts. That's unnatural. Unnatural because you think people will be nice to you, as it is in home. The expectation pierced hurts, the surprise, the fright is terrible. People being rude and violent to you just 'cause you're not the same way they are... the "correct" way. What the hell, can't you be yourself? Can't you have your own style? What is worst? Being beaten or not having control of yourself, your feelings and opinions? Why loose your time? They don't give this kind of choice.
I went through almost every type of bullying. But what affected me the most was people destroying my dreams and i did nothing.
I remember that I was going to sing in a festival of school, i was so exciting! But i wasn't the only... And for the competition a had to be detonated, so i'd be emotionally scarred, i assumed. The worst is that they succeeded. Since that i don't really believe in myself singing. I'm so insecure, my voice just hangs when i'm not alone. I don't know what to do! Music is my life, but bullying destroyed that. I feel weak to not overcome this situation, but i do nothing for that.
And nowadays people just don't accept the way i am. 

Ingrid - 15 - RJ

I have a little sister, I never knew what bullying really was until she began middle school, most likely the toughest time of her life. I began to notice she was acting distant from her friends down the street, and that everytime we would leave the house, they would stick their tounges out at her and call her names. She began to stay alone in her room a lot and after a while I noticed scars on her wrists. This worried me a lot, I told my step mom and one more person. We then thought it was just for attention and backed off from it for a while to see if it progressed. After a month or 2 we are in my car, and she rolled up her sleeve saying she was hot, I just happened to notice that the scars were on both arms now, and deeper cuts. I asked her if there was anything she wanted to talk to me about and she said no, but it felt like she was screaming yes. One day she finally came up to me and told me girls at school were calling her fat, and ugly and she was really hurt and thought about taking her own life, (hense the cuts) but she realized that life was not about making people happy, its  about makin yourself happy. I am so proud to call her my little sis. I AM 100% AGAINST BULLYING!

Shelby - 19 - Mo

I have been bullied for a long time and because of that loads of my friends were gone. But it was usually cause I was always getting used cause every year I had a different friend and then they still left me. I told my family but they told me that you don't need friends and i usually got bullied because well i am not sure but my friend told me this that because i smell and i think that i don't and then ontop of that i am going to a new school and me and my family always care about my brother and not me. Even when I want to cry the tears won't come out and i made a promise that i wouldn't cry infront of my parents cause they scold me if i do.
WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Esha - 11 - DE

i care because i know what it's like to feel lost, lonely, and like the feelings of sadness and pain would never go away. i felt like there was nobody in this world that could understand my thoughts or view the world through eyes like mine. i needed support but was too afraid to let anybody into my world. i wasn't as lucky as youth are now with websites and hotlines available with truly caring mentors eager to listen and support. i urge anybody thats struggling to speak out. whether it be through a parent, sibling, email, phone call.. let your voice be heard. you are NOT alone. there IS hope. trust me, it gets so much better.
I LOVE YOU

Stephanie - 20 - Texas

when i first moved to a new school i felt scared and insecure because all the other girls had their own little group and i was way to shy to go up to the guys cuz i was scared that they'd make fun of me. I was alone for my first 2 weeks i only went a few days in that 2 weeks though, i couldnt make it through the day ever, but one day a girl came up to me and asked if i wanted to come and hang out with them after school, so i went and hung out with them and now 3 years down the road im friends with my whole class and everybody says im fun to be around all because that one girl felt really guilty about me being alone 24/7! I  wish everyone was like that because this bullying is so mean and it causes a lot of peaople to turn to suicide ! I BELIEVE ... so should you!! us teens can make the world a better place only if you believe in yourself!!!

Samanthe - 12 - CA

I care because, one of my best friends in the hole entire world was bullied so bad, she started cutting herself. I tried to stop it and it stopped because i tried my best. But she could still hear what people said behind her back. Scince she was always alone at the lunch table i had to sit with her. But my friends said if your gonna sit with her you cant sit with us anymore. And i gave up my friends for her. But one of my friends came too. It became so bad she swiched schools. And on top of everything else her father died. So she was totaly heartbroken. She had no one. THE END.

Elissa - 11 - NY