Bullying is one thing that gets to alot of people. i used to do it all the time. till i looked back & thought how bad i was hurting people. its not a good thing to do at all . you can get in alot of trouble for it. & not only that it hurts alot of people. most people pick on the kids that arent good looking, or the ones that dont have many friends. people that make fun of the kids that dont look good , you never know what could have happened to them , such as car wrecks , birth issues... etc . bullying needs to stop ..

Caitlynn Uhl - 14 - Lancaster Ohio

in 5th grade i got held back because my grades weren't good enough, so when i got into 6th grade, all of my old friends were calling me 'failure' because they thought i failed. i decided to talk to one of them because she was the only one that understood that i didn't fail. she and i convinced the other kids  that i didn't fail, my grades just weren't good enough. so every day, i always thank her for helping me

caleb - 13 - kenton ohio

Bullying is a HUGE issue at my school. Its everywere, and it bothers me alot. I speak up for a lot of kids, but it doesnt help. I want to do a speech or write an online article on our school website on the effects and causes of bullying and why it hurts. Cyber, verbal and physical. Its all wrong, ! 

Tiffany - 14 - Indiana

It's not fair to treat others diffently 

Richie - 11 - Ontario,Canada

I was bullied and hurt and depressed in high school. It's not always outright. Sometimes people are quiet about it, people are cruel. I have little sisters and a two year old daughter that I want to grow up in a kind world and a better world. 

India - 20 - Utah

  to end this problem we all must unify and accept eachother. We all have diffrences. if not we would all be exactly the same.  dont let bulling get you down. stand up for yourself and be yourself. you are beautiful the way you are.

Cara - 16 - NY

no one really understands how it feeks to be bullied until it happens to them, its not fair on the people that have to go through it no matter who they are, it has to stop, we cannot give the bullies the satisfaction of getting to us and bringing us down

Anum - 14 - London

i care because i had to watch my best friend get bullied to the point to where she quit school because she could not take the pain of going each day! this should not happen to anyone!!! and i want to stop it from happening to someone else

Alicia - 23 - GA

I care because I can not stop thinking that maybe the person who bully someone..doesn't really know how much pain he/she makes. Maybe they think that they words can not hurt the people. But they do. I have been bulying...and it's one of the worst feeling ever. I lost my mom, and for somehow it's pretty cool to make fun of that..I support people who doesnt feel very good..and for somehow it's pretty cool to make fun of that. And finally, I'm not perfect..and it's pretty funny call me a "STAR" {5 tips, fat, ugly, weird} yeah..words can be painful. so be careful the next time you say something

Stay strong people!! and keep smiling..you never know who can fall in love  with your smile.

Noah - 14 - California, Los Angeles

I am doing a article about bullying prevention month for my school newspaper. The reason why I picked this assignment because my little sister was picked and bullied on in school. I remember her coming home crying because a boy called her names and I could do anything about it because I went to a different school. I told her to tell our mother but she would not tell and I promise her that I wouldn't either. Well two months passed and she was going to kill herself because of what they were writing about her on Facebook. I finally had to tell mom and we got her into to a group of students who have the same problem as her. We went to the school board because it was a serious matter. Now we convinced them to make it a rule in all the schools that if you bullied you were kicked out of school. This is the reason why I picked this story to write about because it is a personal matter to me and my family. After that day we are now closer than ever.

katie - 17 - Florida

It is just mest up to be mean or rude to some one even if its the truth.
I see it ever day and I do stop when and if I can. High school can be hard telling older kids to stop, but its the right thing to do.And it makes you a good person and people will like you more, 

megan - 14 - Co.lamar

Ijust got in middle school and i get bullyed on the bus all the time and nobody does anything . >:

Levi - 11 - ?

When I was little there was this Kid named *Katlynn and she was always being made fun of becuase of her weight. She finally got so sick of it she just became one of those kids that keep to their selfs.....I tried to be her friend but she just shrugged me off and told me she didnt need friends she had her brother........Bullying is Ruining lives~! 

Amanda - 17 - indiana

Bullying has enough made some teens feel insecure. We HAVE TO stop it right now!

Muthia - 14 -

 One of the most important times in a person's life is when they are a teenager. I don't think anyone should have to look back to those years and the only thing they remember are horrible memories of being bullyed. I care because teenagers let alone children shouldn't have to be constatly worrying about what people are going to say or do to them.

Elizabeth - 16 - SC

I have been bullied throughout my life. I also had to watch my twin sister get bullied but as that bully started to make her cry i walked right up to them and told them that what they were doing was not okay and that any pain that they are suffering is not going to go away bu inflicting pain on others. That was 2 years ago, that partictular bully came up to me today after not speaking to me for 2 years and not seeing me for one she came up to me shook my hand and thanked me. She said that thanks to me shec onfronted her problems and stopped bullying others. So to all of the people out there that wittness people being bullied, speak up because you could save someone years of tournament by just sticking up for what you believe in. 

Ruth - 15 - Auckland,New Zealand

My self-esteem was crushed my classmates and even teachers because of how I look and the way I act. They made fun of me pointed out every flaw there was in me and practically made me a loner. Everyday at school was torture. Everyone in class made fun of me, toyed with my emotions, laughed at my face, and tell me that they'd rather die than be with me. That was 3 years ago. Now that I'm in college, I've realized the kind of torment they inflicted on me and I don't want that to happen to others. Together we are better than them. 

Johannah - 18 - Tacloban City, Philippines

i've been badly bullied in school before when i'm at the age of 12. That is the time when singapore have national exams for us to graduate to secondary schools. I'm a small size girl and i'm not even reaching the average height i should be and girls in my school start laughing and start spreading rumors which is not true. I was hurt from time to time. The girls who bullied me ask me if i want to join them in playing catching so i agreed and play along with them till lne girl ran to me hit me so hard that my hand at the elbow got dislocated. So yep i'm physically abused too... So i'm here all the way from SINGAPORE to support the cause against bullying :) i'm sure you guys can do it too!!! :)) 

always remember that everybody like your family, friends whoever they are there for you all the time. As you can see now, i'm perfectly fine!!! as i've ignored all those rumors and the hurt i've been recieving and now i'm okay!!! hope you guys can do it too!!! 
love, Cheryl Lim Hui Xian

Cheryl - 14 - Singapore

I came close to suicide three times. But I survived. I was bullied for four years, mentally. I was very emotionally unstable. Bad self-esteem, I couldn't even hold eye contact, I burned inside.
But I survived.
And if I did,
anyone can.

Jackie - 17 - California

kids are just cruel... i had a group of BOYS call me fat and ugly for almost 4 years and now im anorexic and i abuse diet pills. dont let them get to you, or they'll ruin the years that are supposed to have  good memories

brittney - 14 - New York City

I DONT KNOW WHY PEOPLE DO IT 

Connor - 13 - Edinburgh

when i was little a group of girls and boys would make fun of me calling me fat and ugly but i was like a toothpick but i still felt fat so i started eating and eating alot, then when i got older a grop of girls  would chase me if i would stand up to them and just bullied me for year and it afetted me alot so i dont want anybody to have to go through that thats why i care.

lesley chambers - 16 - NY

hi my name is kailey i git bullied evev day i have a lring disubiling so peolpe  bullied me and that my story

kailey - 10 - indiana

I am a part of this world, I live in it and I love it and the people who reside in it. Especially those who are abused in any way shape or form for we all bleed red and we all hurt and we all deserve to feel good about ourselves despite our differences...we all breathe. Our differences are what makes us unique and special. For there is no one like me.

Robin - 53 - Michigan

I've dealt with bullying for a lot of my life.  I've never fit in, I've always been different, I'm quieter, just an ideal target for someone hungry to  bully someone else....It hurts, like for those who don't understand this really it's just this super deep pain you feel.  I've had several kinds of bullying, verbal and cyber.  I blamed myself for so much of it when it never was my fault.  I've considered several times wanting to switch schools, but I always told myself it would get better.  And it has gotten better.  I've felt so down low I considered things I shouldn't have, and I did harm to myself also.  It wasn't worth it.  It took the pain away temporarily but it never helped much because I always wanted to do it again and again.  I eventually got encouraged by people who started to admire things about me, how there was no fear of being different, and not changing because of others want me to.  It was a rough journey but I think I have made it really far.  People really appreciate you being your true self, so don't let others bully you from it.  Stay strong my friends, and stand up and speak up for those afraid of it.  I never had it, but you can be that person who can help change so much.  You can be the life changer who could save someone from so much pain and misery.  I love all you random people who I don't know!  We stay strong together, united.

Kirsten - 15 - Michigan, USA

when i was in year 5 everyone was jealous of me so i got bullied i thought it couldnt be stopped and in got really mean messages i heard about demi and i thought if she could overcome it i could and i couldnt tell any one because i got threatened i love demi lovato and she is my idol thank you for listening to me

rachael - 10 - england,london

All through elementary school I was bullied and I know how it feels. In class now, for our bell-ringers we have to write a paragraph everyday and almost everything I've written has been about it. People don't seem to realize the words they're saying hurt. I went through it and I know how it is.
I'm planning on getting my school involved. 
I care because that was me up until I moved. 
I feel it too, guys. Remember that you're loved. <3

Jenna - 13 - Mississippi

I'm bullied and it is the most painful thing i have ever endured, at first i never told anyone which was the worst thing as it gave the bullying a chance to escalate. I would just blame it on myself and tell myself that i had done everything wrong it was all me. Then my mum one day noticed i was acting weird, i wasn't eating and throughout the 6 months i never told anyone i went down from 8 stone 9 pounds to 6 stone 2 pounds, all because i thought it was my fault. She questioned me and eventually it all spilled out in a tearful conversation. she acted instantly phoning the school and discussing it with my guidance teacher. i had food chucked on me i was physically assaulted, nearly killed, but you could brush those things off in a few days, its the name calling that hurts the most, it eats away at you. It is all you can think about. i would fake being ill just so i could get a few days of no name calling, the gay the homo darren mcqueer, my second name is mcqueen. i lost trust in everyone, even my family, i fell out with most of my friends and begged my mum to let me move, now im glad she stuck to her guns and kept me where i am. my reason for that is it made me stronger, i eventually had enough and fought back. I discovered bullies are jealous and lonely people who are so uneasy with them selves they need to make others feel the same way. My mum agreed (she is so supportive).

Darren - 14 - Edinburgh,Scotland

i got bullied by a girl when i was in 4 th grade its not easy saying this,   i  got locked in the bathroom .In that time this girl didint like me i was juging my self or bleaiming my self because she would not like me. When this day she cried and said that i made her cry i didint understand y she did that ,so i hid in the bathroom.When someone told her that they saw me going into the bathrooms ,so she gathered allot of 5th graders and when i got out they pushed me into the bathroom nd asked rudely what i did to her and i said nothing so she raised up her fist nd about to hit me right in the face but the bell rang so i could leave,i left running in tears scared that they will try to hit me agin if i told something i told my mom i was scared that she would do something'' BUT YOU KNOW  IS GOOD TO TELL UR PARENTS THAT U GOT BULLIED DONT BE AFRAID''.you will get help nd say NO TO BULLING..........

abigail - 12 - el cajon

I know how it feels to be bullied. Others think it's not bullying since they don't see me show any negative respond to it. I know it is not easy, especially when the your emotions get involve. You start crying when your alone, and you try to hide it to not make a big fuss out of it. But now, I have learned to stand up for myself. There are still times that I get bullied though.

Jennifer - 18 - Philippines