In my opinion (and experience), programs to help stop bullying (or making fun of other kids) never really work. It keeps happening. For me, it got real bad around 5th grade (not really bullying so much as being made fun of, called names that they didn't even know the meaning of), then had ended by the time I got to high school. Everybody is going to be made fun of, called names, etc. And the parents need to be more supportive of their child and take a more active role in their lives (to some extent) to lessen the chance of committing suicide. I don't know anything about them, though, so it''s hard to say.