All of these are free, available all day every day, and run by trained people who help kids and teens. You don't have to be in danger to call. You can call just to talk.
C.U.L.T. Kids · The Worlds · Progressive Planet
Cultivating Underdeveloped Leaders Today
Bullying is real, it happens in person and online, and it didn't end when grown-ups were your age — they just stopped calling it that. This planet teaches what it is, what to do, and where to call when you need a real human.
Rude is careless. Mean is on purpose, once. Bullying is on purpose, over and over, when one side holds more power. Ten real situations, three questions to ask about each, and what to actually do. Nothing on this planet asks you to fight back, and nothing on it asks you to handle it alone. Telling a grown-up is on every single page, because it is never the wrong answer.
Two things worth taking with you. First, telling is not tattling — tattling is trying to get somebody into trouble, telling is getting yourself out of it. Second, if the first adult does nothing, that is information about that adult, not proof that telling does not work. Go to a second one, and bring your dates. If you ever feel unsafe or hopeless: 988, call or text. Or text HOME to 741741.
If this is you right now
Whatever is happening — we believe you. It counts as bullying even if other kids tell you it doesn't. It counts as bullying even if no one else has noticed. It counts as bullying even if the kid doing it says they were "just joking." If you didn't think it was a joke, it wasn't one. The rest of this page is the playbook.
01 · What it is
A kid being rude one time is not bullying — that's just being a jerk. Bullying is a pattern, where someone (or a group) keeps targeting one person, and the targeted person can't easily make it stop.
02 · The shape of it
You might be in any of them right now. You might have been in different ones at different times. Tap each role to see what it looks like — and what the move is from inside that role.
03 · What to do
There's a specific set of moves for each role. The one for you depends on which side of this you're on right now.
04 · The two arenas
Bullying happens in both places. Some kids face only one; many face both at once. They are not the same problem — here's what's different.
The Bully main page is comprehensive on its own — the four cards below are anchors back to the major sections, so you can find them fast if you came here in a hurry.
Target. Bully. Bystander. Ally. Tap each to see what it looks like and what the move is from inside that role.
988. Crisis Text Line. Childhelp. StopBullying.gov. Tap to open the list.
Five steps. A real script for telling a trusted adult. The opposite of "just ignore it."
The page nobody else gives you. Brave to read. Worth the read. Path back included.
Planet · Bully
Some kid (or some group of kids, or some adult, or some account online) is treating you in a way that's not okay. This planet is the map for what to do next.
If all three are true, it's bullying. If only one is true, it might just be a hard day — for them, or for you. The pattern is the point.
All of the hotlines below are free, anonymous, and run by people trained to help kids and teens. They will not laugh at you. They will not be annoyed that you called. They want you to call.
Research keeps finding the same thing: bullying mostly ends when bystanders become allies. Not when the target fights harder. Not when adults punish more. When other kids show up.
Most kids who bully don't think of themselves as bullies. They think they're funny, or they think the kid deserves it, or they're going along with friends, or they're hurt themselves and don't know what else to do with it. You're not a bad person for landing here. You're a brave one for looking.
Where it shows up: hallways, the bus, the cafeteria, recess, sports practice, your own house with a sibling.
What's different: there are usually witnesses. There's a place. There's a time. Adults can see it if they're paying attention.
What helps: staying near friends, knowing which adults you can run to, having a "buddy" agreement with another kid that you stick together in the risky places.
What's hard: you can't escape physically. They know where you'll be. The recovery from a bad day is short before the next one starts.
Where it shows up: group chats, comment sections, in-game chat (Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite, anything with a chat), DMs, mean memes screenshotted around.
What's different: there's proof — screenshots can be saved. There are usually no witnesses except the people piling on. It can happen 24/7, including in your bedroom.
What helps: block, mute, screenshot, tell a parent. Most apps have a report button — use it. Leaving the group chat is allowed and is often the right move.
What's hard: it follows you home. There's no safe space if your phone is the source. Sometimes the right move is no phone for a few days. That's not punishment — that's peace.
A kid who eats alone, plays alone, or seems to always be off to the side. You don't have to become best friends. Just sit. Just play one round. You might be saving someone's whole day without ever knowing it.
This planet is one stop on a single curriculum, not a standalone topic. The same subject is taught at every level of C.U.L.T. — a cadet who starts at Sparks never starts over.
Every level is open to everybody. Nobody is asked their age, and nobody is tracked. A grown adult who never got taught this is welcome to start at the bottom rung, and a twelve-year-old who is ready is welcome to climb.