carl walker-hoover's mother here, as well as carl's sister. hope's mother donna joins us from florida. dr. phil mcgraw has made these issues the focal point of his issues. and globally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting and bullying, also "american idol's" crystal bowersox joins us to talk about her own experiences with being bullied in school. i want to start off, though, with sardina, how are you doing? >> try to take it one day at a time. it's very difficult, especially when you know that there are other family that's are suffering. it's very hard. >> did you have any idea how bad the bullying was that carl was experiencing? >> carl informed me that he was being bullied at school, so i had some idea. i went to the administrators, and i informed them that this was happening to carl. but carl was afraid to identify his -- the people that were bullying him because he was afraid he would be labeled a snitch, a fink, so it was very difficult. but i thought the school was handling it, handling the situation. >> and, donna, how are yo

carl walker-hoover's mother is here, so is carl's sister, dominique. also hope whitesell's mother donna also joins us from florida. dr. phil mcgraw is with us throughout the hour. he has made these issues the focal point of his syndicated series, "dr. phil." also rosalind wiseman, expert on children, teens, parenting and bullying. and also "american idol's" crystal bowersox joins us to talk about her own experiences with being bullied in school. i want to start off, though, with sirdeana, how are you doing? >> try to take it one day at a time. it's very difficult, especially when you know that there are other families that are suffering. it's very hard. >> did you have any idea how bad the bullying was thacarl was experiencing? >> carl informed me that he was being bullied at school, so i had some idea. i went to the administrators, and i informed them that this was happening to carl. but carl was afraid to identify his -- the people that were bullying him because he was afraid that he would be labeled a snitch, a fink, so it was very difficult. but i

carl joseph walker-hoover, he hanged himself. kids called him gay even though he never said that he was, he was just 11 years old. 13-year-old hope witsell, texted a topless photo of herself to a boy. he circulated it all around. the bullying was too much for her to bear, and she hanged herself in her room. four kids with dreams and desires and lives to grow into, and there are so many more just like them. in fact all the kids that you see behind me are kids who took their own lives because they were bullied. this is a problem that has gone far beyond isolated incidents and there are so many more kids who right now are being tormented. so along with "people" magazine and the cartoon network, we'll talk about solutions and prevention. we've got kids being bullied, kids who have been bullies as well as educators and experts. carl walker-hoover's mother is here, so is carl's sister, dominique. hope's mother donna joins us from florida. dr. phil mcgraw is with us throughout the hour. he has made these issues the focal point of his sy

carl walker-hoover's mother is here, so is carl's sister, dominique. also hope whitesell's mother donna also joins us from florida. dr. phil mcgraw is with us throughout the hour. he has made children's and family issues the focal point of his sydney dated series, "dr. phil." also rosalind wiseman, expert on children, teens, parenting and bullying. and also "american idol's" crystal bowersox joins us to talk about her own experiences with being bullied in school. i want to start off, though, with sirdeana, how are you doing? >> try to take it one day at a time. it's very difficult, especially when you know that there are other families that are suffering. it's very hard. >> did you have any idea how bad the bullying was that carl was experiencing? >> carl informed me that he was being bullied at school, so i had some idea. i went to the administrators, and i informed them that this was happening to carl. but carl was afraid to identify his -- the people that were bullying him because he was afraid that he would be labeled a snitch, a fink, so it was ve

phoebe prince, carl walker hoover. asher brown, seth walsh and 12 days ago, tyler clementi.all this week we're partnering with "people" magazine taking an in-depth look at bullying and what a lot of people don't realize, these days it's not just kids in schools. for kids who are bullied there's no escape. it's not happening just in schools but happening online and on cell phones and kids are dying because of it. students at rutgers university held a vigil for tyler clementi over the weekend. he was 18 years old, an incredibly talented music with great potential. he jumped off the george washington bridge after a webcam video of him kissing another man was streamed online. his roommate at rutgers and another student face criminal charges. tonight, randi kaye has more on how the whole tragedy unfolded. >> reporter: like many universities rutgers randomly assigns a roommate for each of its new freshman. so it was pure chance tyler clementi and dharun ravi came to share a room here at davidson hall. clementi, shy and modest. ravi, charming and loving attention, three weeks later

carl joseph walker hoover, he hanged himself. the kids called him gay even though he never said that he was. he was just 11 years old. 13-year-old hope whitsell made a simple mistake. texted a topless photo of herself to a boy. he circulate it had all around. the bullying from that was too much to bear and she hanged herself in her room. four kids with dreams and desires and lives to grow into, and there are so many more just like them. in fact, all the kids that you see behind me are kids who took their own lives because they were bullied. this is a problem that has gone far beyond isolated incidents, and there are so many more kids right now being tormented. so tonight, along with "people" magazine and the cartoon network, we're going to talk as much as we can about solutions and about prevention. we've got kids who are being bullied. kids who have been bullies as well as educators and exporter. paul walker-here's mother is here and so is carl's sister dominique and hope's mother domna also joins us from florida, dr. phil mcgra