I don't know if you heard about this story of an 11-year-old boy in Springfield, Mass. who was bullied at school. His mother says they called him "gay" and told him he "acts like a girl." Carl Walker-Hoover could only take it for so long. And last week he took his own life. It's heartbreaking. And it shouldn't be happening.

I think as parents, as educators, as adults -- we all need to find a way to stop this kind of tragedy. There should be zero tolerance for any kind of behavior that can lead to something like this. We need to let every kid know that they're special in their own way.

At risk kids can find help at the Trevor Helpline. It's open 24 hours a day and kids can call and talk to someone who can really help.

Carl is not the first to take his life over constant name-calling and ridicule. But why can't we find a way to make him the last?