Stealing is a criminal offence and children can get a criminal record from the age of 10. This can have a huge impact on your future and relationships with other people, especially your parents – how do you think they would feel?

So, what should you do when some classmates try to pressure you into stealing something? You know it is wrong, but they are already calling you names and spreading some horrible rumors about you at school. You don’t want things to get worse, so doing what they ask might stop it altogether.

Calling people names and spreading rumors are two forms of bullying and this can make you feel lots of different emotions: scared, lonely, embarrassed. These feelings are normal, but no one should have to suffer alone. There must be someone you can tell…

Watch our short video describing what bullying is and who you can tell if you are being bullied.