Today is Pink Shirt Day, part of a nation-wide campaign to end bullying.
Mike Neuts, a Chatham father who lost his 10-year-old son Myles to bullying 25 years ago, now heads up the group Make Children Better Now.
He speaks to school groups across the country, and says connecting with students can save lives.
“I did a school down in Leamington years ago, and all of a sudden this young man walks up to me, took my hand, and said ‘I’ve never seen anything like this in my life, you’ve changed my life and I’m going to change myself,'” Neuts says.
Pink Shirt Day started in Nova Scotia in 2007 when two teens stood up for a classmate who was being teased for wearing a pink shirt.
Over 100 countries around the world now take part in the anti-bullying campaign.
