Too bad it got an R rating, preventing many of the people who most need to see it from seeing it.

I was bullied in middle school big time. It's really hard on a nerdy girl going through the delicate situation of getting hit hard by all the side effects of puberty. Talk about being awkward! And it's sad to see that the bullying problem has escalated to this degree. This woman raises her flag against bullying.

Looks pretty good. Problem is not enough parents knocking the sense into their kids when they're aware their child is a bully. I sincerely wish I could apologize to and have a beer with the people I verbally abused in high school. I never hit anyone like the people portrayed in this movie but words can do way more damage sometimes.

From grade 5 and I was was bullied. I can remember in the 7th grade I would stay at school late because I was afraid of getting beat up on my way home. I stopped going outside for recess because I didn't want to get beat up on the play ground. The school knew, no one did anything. I was a 12 year old girl who thought about killing herself regularly. I'm not sure how I got through that year.  I changed schools a bunch of times but it always ended up the same. Eventually I dropped out. I got my GED and went to college with no issues after that. thank God. Seeing kids being bullied just breaks my heart. I know what that pain and isolation feels like. I can see myself in those kids and it makes me want to hug them so hard and tell them to be strong, that this is temporary, the kids doing to this to them will never matter again in their lives. Life can be good. Wonderful even. Just don't ever give up. Anywho, I need to stop rambling before I start crying in my office.

We need to instill the necessity of loving one's self, then we can work on loving one another. So too must we dismiss these zero-tolerance to retaliation policies that prevent the natural competition of the human animal. Watch puppies, or lion cubs, etc. when one is nipped the response is to nip back, fight ends. School is not a place for violence and harassment. It is however one of the most powerful force in the socialization of our children. As a victim of bullying from the age of 7 to 17, I know that there are rather simple fixes that can be made to improve the lives of kids and onward the lives of everyone in society. These fixes are difficult. They involve accepting one's self, and one another for any so-called flaws. They also involve politicians getting over whatever junk they have in their lives and leaving it out of policy. When our leaders say it's wrong to be (insert anything here)they teach our children that message. America is flawed enough for how little we respect human variation, we can change this.

Looks like a great documentary. Can't wait to see it.

When a cameraman/crew films bullying occuring for a documentary, and doesn't seem to appear to break it up or stop the bully, is this just as wrong?

Stop relying on the school system to fix this! If your child is physically assaulted GO TO THE POLICE station and file a report. My daughter was bullied for more than a year. Going to the police and threatening legal action against the mother fixed the problem.

Oh and if you disagree with jailing bullies, then please note the other option of PUBLIC SHAMING THE BULLIES via social media. Yes facebook and google need a way to allow us to show us peoples true opinions. SHAME THEM ALL AND THEY'RE FOLLOWERS.

Most children as just like most adults. Self-involved with no compassion for fellow children. Make a real example out of the fuckers out there. THERE ARE REAL CONSEQUENCES TO BULLYING. JAIL IS NOT TOO CRUEL. Lock em up for in solitary for a week. I tend to believe this will change the views of these children.

What makes bullying worse these days is that with the prominence of social media in our children's lives they no longer have a safe-haven away from the bullying when they get home. Children are cruel and now they can bully from a distance.
I'm terrified for the kids I may have one day.

Being a kid is so hard. Bullies are just as fragile as the people they pick on. There is a lot of pain for kids this age. If only it were possible to give someone self esteem and confidence the same way we give people birthday presents.

Its so sad that this is such a problem in today's society and ppl chose to shrug it off. Life shouldnt be so horrific at the age of 11 that you feel that taking your own life is the best choice. What is wrong with people.

Heartbreaking.  From K-3, Blig Jr was in a small, progressive private school that was just the best place in the world. Unfortunately, through gross financial mismanagement by the administration and board, it went bankrupt and we all had to scramble around to find places for our kids.  We settled on a parochial school (I know, right?) and Blig Jr was doing fine academically.  Then, he stood up for a friend (a girl) who was being bullied by some tough girls and they turned on him. No matter how many times we were in the Principal's office, all we ever got was “nobody saw it, we don't have enough staff to watch everything on the playground, we don't know who started it”. Watching his self-esteem crumble daily and being powerless to stop it was truly horrible. He made it through, somehow, great kid that he is, and we did not return to that school.  After homeschooling him for 5th grade, he wanted to return to a real school for 6th, so we enrolled him in what was generally regarded as the best public elementary school in Jersey City (PS 16, if you must know). Unfortunately, he ran into a problem with some junior thugs the first week. Yes, it was dumb, he told them to be quiet during an assembly, or something like that. And they responded with “snitches get stiches”. Oops. We told him that class discipline wasn't his responsibility and to just avoid them. But they didn't seem inclined to avoid him.  This time, when we were in the Principal's office, we got the story of his main tormentor's sad home life (neglectful, abusive parents, a brother in prison, psychological problems) and how lucky Blig Jr was by comparison. I don't think they could grasp the limits of our compassion when we saw our kid in tears every day. Oh yeah, did I mention that both Blig Jr and I have Tourettes?  He's a bit luckier in that his tics aren't as pronounced as mine and he seems to be outgrowing them, but when he was in 4-6 grades, they were a lot more noticeable.  Anyway, he seemed to be getting along by a combination of avoidance and some (not much, but some) intervention by the school social worker. And after I did an in-service on Tourettes for the faculty, he said he wanted to do one for his peers. Impressive. He and I put a powerpoint together, based on the TSA standard presentation, and he was just dazzling in his stage presence and question handling. That was a little before Thanksgiving. Then, it all fell apart, the thugs started in on his tics.  He did not return after Thanksgiving, and we home-schooled him for the balance of 6th and 1st half of 7th grade. The second half of 7th and all of 8th, he was in a good private school and is now doing really well in 10th grade. In fact, he was just in two school plays and seems to have a real knack for the comedic.  Whenever I watch “I have Tourettes but it doesn't have me”, I can't help crying for those kids - especially the girls.  I'm not sure I could even watch “Bully”.

This reminded me I had a heart by breaking it.

In order to make the kids change we have to change the parents.