that's what the parents of john carmichael want to know. he was 13 years old, small for his age and made him the target for bullies at his middle school in joshua, texas. the staff knew what was happening but nothing was done, this sunday, john went to a barn and took his own life. he hanged himself, 13 years old. we'll talk to his mom and dad in a moment. what makes his death so shocking, we heard of so many others like it, kids taking their own lives after months of harassment and worse. earlier this month in northern michigan, 12-year-old kimberly linchesky did something she had never done before, she hit back. the school sent her home and that same day, she died by self-strangulation. 15-year-old phoebe prince we talked about her last night, also allegedly bullied until the day she died, reportedly all the way up to her front door. last night her school in south hadley, massachusetts expelled a number of students, nine others face criminal charges. where are the parents of these bullies? that's what we're wondering? where are the princi

alexis was 17, hope, 13 years old, hunter over here, 15, john carmichael just 13. his parents on last week. every single day it's believed 160,000 kids do not go to school because they're afraid they wil be harassed or picked on. we don't take it seriously enough. joining me again is dr. phil mcgraw. in the documents released it says this witness stated on one occasion this prince went to school administrators because she was scared and wanted to go home. the witness reported she returned to class and told her that no action was going to be taken. nothing happened and she was still going to get beat up. if the school knew about specific incidents of bullying or threats, from which this document is sounds like they did, you know, you got to ask why wouldn't the school do more to stop the behavior. >> anderson, it's hard to wrap your mind around this happening so you don't -- if anybody thought this was a potentiality, i'm sure they would have responded. this gets ugly. even in cases where young people don't wind up killing themselves they can be scarred for the rest