This is so heartbreaking. Teen suicide is at record highs even though schools claim they have anti bullying policies and supposedly have zero tolerance. Schools can only do so much because of all the red tape and rules etc but it’s getting beyond a joke. My daughter was having severe suicidal thoughts last year and even started cutting because of bullying. She had someone telling her to do everyone a favour and go kill yourself, I wish you mum and dad killed themselves and you jump off head first into the concrete and die etc. We went to the police to make a report and there is no actual law where I live against someone telling someone else to go kill themselves. Bullies need to be held accountable and if they are responsible for a suicide they should be charged with manslaughter at the least. Parents also need to show a better example and speak to their kids.

why is he posing with a gun? that's so inappropriate seeing he is/was suicidal

Why would you let a suicidal child take a picture with a gun?

This is terrible. I have two boys just a little older than him and if I found out they were bullying kids I'd put some kinda fear in them. At the end of the video the kid threatened to kill his bully, and the mother did some threatening too. And I also see the kid posing with a gun. Makes me suspicious.

I am 63 years old, my school life was horrible. Mine was an mental disorder. Hyperactive, couldn't stand the noise and, for me the confusion of school. Always told I had a high intelligence and was just spoiled and lazy. Cried every day before and during school. Difficulty learning. I was bullied by the kids daily. Followed walking home from school. Parents loved me but didn't address the issue. Went to psychologist etc, only my behavior was addressed. At 8 years old I would lay in bed at night thinking if I concentrate hard enough I could stop my heart. By 17 I quit school and was agoraphobic. Had a suicide plan. Then my dad and sister got cancer and I felt I had to stay for my mom to help. They both died within months of each other. I stayed for mom. Those kids and the non responsive school system made a life that was already difficult, almost impossible. How many kids have to die before bullying is addressed. Not just once a year at an assembly but daily with severe consequen

life is hard i mean my real name is MARIO and yes lots of people make fun of like ¨hey Mario where´s Luigi¨ and ¨ hey Mario where´s peach¨ and stuff and if people call you stupid or dumb it´s because there the dumb one´s ones for saying that and i made a quote one day ¨Life is good Life is good It often may be extremely depressing and lonely and hard full of bullies but those bullies are just obstacles that are keeping you back from what you really are and maybe full of anxiety and people reject you and not like you just because you arn´t handsome or not having the latest phone or gaming system but no matter what you keep being you were all unique in are own ways life is good.¨

1. In Australia there is only one public school you can go to based on where you live. To go to another school it's typically expensive as it's private, and typically impossible if your child has a disability because it requires a lot more services and costs to be provided for the disabled child. 2. So only influencers can create an imaginary happy/wealthy/gangster life to portray to the world? Seems normal to everyone else, why not him? 3. This boy has been threatening suicide from the age of 6, a mother has been desperately trying to save him from bullies and depression finally recorded the frightening things her child says and posts them online is humiliating him? No he has been humiliated by bullies his whole life and she is trying to take control back. Well done it worked!!!!

Considering the fact that I am also feeling suicidal and that I also feel horrible for the kid, looking through the comments y’all are posting about the pictures, I realize that they, yes in fact, do seem f****d up. But, y’all have no idea if they were from years before or taken right before. So I wouldn’t maybe make the kid feel worse and put more s****y thoughts in his head that he ain’t good enough. I may only be 14 but I’m old enough to know that all your actions toward those is unnecessarily inappropriate. Remember this for the future when the same thing or something relatively close in situation pops up. Good day

He would be better served to be part of the community rather than Disneyland. This isnt a GoFundMe case, this is a social behavior problem.

it just sad and hurtfull

what an amazing and strong kid, bullies are just obstacles in your path to success, i had bullies and not standing up to them is one of my biggest regrets

I don't think she should have put this out there.

When I saw this story my heart broke for Quaden and his family. Bulling should not be tolerated by the school (or anywhere else for that matter). So glad that so many people have stepped up to offer friendship and support. Hope the family start to breathe a bit easier.

Didn't this turn out to be fake?

the ones were he is happy is really cute ❤. I get bulled all the time. 😭

STOP BLAMING SCHOOLS. They do try their best to minimise bullying (teacher of 15 years). We are not heartless monsters who turn a blind eye to every bullying incident. In my opinion, it is a complex and case by case issue. Some kids just do not have the emotional resilience to handle the inevitable downfalls we face in life (is that our job to teach them? If so, which subjects do we remove from the curriculum to do so?). Some kids bring the bullies home with them on their devices (is it our job to ensure they know how to safely use them, or the person who bought it for them?). Some kids are trapped in a system that try's to integrate them into a class full of peers who are at a reading/writing/developmental age of ten years above theirs (would you be happy for us to take time away from your child's learning to help them?). Some kids have been taught that they aren't kids, they're young adults, that they deserve respect without earning it and that they are always right. Is it?

why- Who is stupid enough (no offense) to have a picture of a NINE YEAR OLD holding a GUN?! if u do that, he is gonna be led the wrong path in life.

Does nobody know that it's fake and that he's 18, people fell for it and donated money so he got $300, 000

I suffered from very harsh bullying at school from teachers & students, I come from a family of psychopaths where abuse was the norm, I am not a bully, I am schizophrenic & bi polar , & other mental illnesses, I am under a psychiatrist now for 15 years & have two boys who have suffered under a mother who had no clue how to be a mum. They are seeing mental health experts, & have & are learning to deal with their issues. My abuse of them wasn't extreme, but enough that they were scared sometimes in the past of me. I am fortunate that I am able to own up to, & continue to be a supportive loving & caring mum. Both my boys see mental health experts who address their issues as I cannot. We love each other, we join each other around the dinner table to "break bread", to speak to each other without fear, which sometimes they felt during the episodes I suffered. Many of my son's friends & my husband's family as he as well have seen the change in me. My boys are the world to me

I feel so bad for him. To put up with it day in or day out is life shattering. It breaks my heart to hear of a person saying they want to kill them self. I started BillyGuard.com for that reason - to prevent this sort of thing happening. Kia Kaha

I wonder why his mother is not doing more to protect him from being bullied?

His classmates have spoken up now, his mom definitely is in it for the money. Apparently the kid bullies other kids and cries wolf when they stand up for themselves. I don't know.. this is fishy and I kinda hope they spend that 200k on something worthy..

I don't know if this is real or fake but I do know that bullying is a serious, heartbreaking issue. Bullies bully because they are emotionally hurting and their way to feel better is to hurt someone else. Hurt people hurt people. I believe the victims, as well as every human being, needs to be taught how to love themselves enough so when life hits them, they are not knocked down by it. We can not expect to be able to control what other people say about us. But we can learn to control our reaction to it! We can only control, to a certain extent, another ones behavior. Physical violence can be controlled in schools, but I think emotional abuse, or bullying, needs an entirely different approach. The pictures of this kid, with the gun etc. is sad. He should not be taught that he needs to change himself to fit in or to be accepted. That will weaken him. A bully will ALWAYS find something else to say about you regardless of what you try to change. LOVE YOURSELF! And to hell what others think

Just my opinion, but mom is just as much of a bully by filming and posting this for the world to see.

The gun photo is from an app where you take a previous photo taken and photoshops your face onto premade photo layouts available. He isn't really holding a gun.

This has been exposed as a fake video. The kid is actually an 18 year old actor.

No, the mother should not have posted a video of him crying, but that's not really the issue. The issue is that this 9 year old boy is being bullied over something that he has no control over.

Schools are denying that bullying is a problem and they simply refuse to take any action against bullies because of the bad PR it may get them. Teachers punish victims that are standing up against their bullies but at the same time turn a blind eye when they see that pupils are bullying one child. That's what creates schoolshooters.

Shame on both the mother for prarading her kid's trauma for the world to see.... and shame on every single teacher at that school who is clearly negligent. I know that teachers "can't be everywhere", but for this to go unnoticed, un-checked, and unresolved is inexcusable.