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8-year-old twin brother asks Santa for his sister to not be bullied
8-year-old Ryan Suffern saw how his sister was being bullied and how deeply it hurt him, so when his mom asked him to write an early letter to Santa, he said he didn’t want toys anymore, instead all he wanted was his sister to stop being bullied.
This story reminds us that bullying hurts and can be a life or death situation and we must strive to create schools that teach young people to have empathy and compassion and to be allies instead of bystanders.
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