A thirteen-year-old Connecticut girl recently posted a heartbreaking video on YouTube that describes the torment she has endured at her school over the last two years. You need to watch this if you haven’t already.

Alye, thank you for your bravery and strength. You are a beautiful girl who clearly does not deserve to be treated as you are by these people who, undoubtedly, lack good parenting and deserve severe reprimands, if not full-on punishment. Thank you for giving a voice to all of those children and teenagers out there who cannot defend themselves. You have many, many more friends than you think.