How to Avoid Being Bullied for American School Students

PHILLIPS: A 28-year-old mother, she needed surgery to save her life, if red tape didn't kill her first.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I offered it back to them and they said it's too late at this point. So I - I don't know where else to turn to and I'm out of time.

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PHILLIPS: Well, a community heard that and said "we can't let this happen." Outrage is a powerful thing.

A girl who hanged herself allegedly because of bullies, remember talking about Phoebe Prince in that story for weeks. And then we've got other stories of kids being bullied throughout the school year. One middle school in Austin, Texas might have a solution. Students can send emails or texts to adults at the school like teachers or bus drivers about any concern from abuse and alcohol to bullies. And the senders can actually be anonymous if they want.

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A way to speak honestly is no fear of retribution. There’s no fear of students knowing that they’ve visited with us online.

A principal says that program is really taking a bite out of the bullies. Before it was set up, 75% of the students said bullying as a concern, a year later, that number actually went down to 25%. But bullies have feelings too when sometimes if you dig really deep down there you can see a good person who's just having a tough time. That's what one group in Atlanta is doing, digging down to build up successfully young women. CNN's Brook Baldwin has this story for us.