Charlotte’s Wish documentary to investigate school bullying after 12-year-old’s suicide shocked Australia

Twelve year old girls are being called monsters, compared to rodents and told to “try harder” to kill themselves in a frightening wave of bullying in schoolyards across the nation.

Twelve year old girls are being called monsters, compared to rodents and told to “try harder” to kill themselves in a frightening wave of bullying in schoolyards across the nation.

An investigation will now reveal that the shocking death of Sydney schoolgirl Charlotte O’Brien this year was unfortunately far from an isolated case — the problem of bullying is festering largely under the surface in public, private and Catholic schools around the country.

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Charlotte’s devastated parents Mat and Kelly are leading the push for action to stop the wave, driven by the harrowing notes their daughter left them in the minutes before her death.

Charlotte O’Brien died by suicide in September.

The documentary Charlotte’s Wish will be released on November 17.

The Year Seven Santa Sabina College student said: “Mama please share my story’.

She wrote down the names of children she wanted at her funeral, names of students she said had made her “life too hard” and begged her mum to “tell the school please”.

Charlotte’s mother Kelly and father Matt at their daughter’s funeral. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

In the documentary “Charlotte’s Wish” — to be released by papers across Australia on Sunday — we detail the brave push by two broken parents to carry out their daughter’s wish and speak to other parents across Australia who have lost a child to suicide.

Charlotte’s Wish will be released in full on Sunday, November 17 – with a trailer highlighting the important investigation available to watch now.