A Texas boy knocked on his neighbor’s door asking for friends after peers nearby bullied him. The video hit 69 million views on TikTok since July 4. NBC News’ Maura Barrett talks to the boy, his mother and his neighbors about the experience.
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Why raise money ? Just spend some time with him…
He’s an amazing young man and his neighbors are so wonderful. God bless them all.❤
Aww🥹 What a great kid!! Not to mention brave and strong. His mom should be really proud. With that kind of tenacity he’ll certainly get whatever he wants/needs in life.
He is sooooo inspiring ❤❤❤🎉🎉
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That kid is going to be a great salesman as he has no problem with cold calling 😂. Touching story though. Hope he did find some friends
This kid is a leader – 🙏ing a few mentors enter his life from the video to help him use his rare gift to change the lives of other kids who need someone in their life like him.
He seems like he’s gonna be a cool dude. And like that he respects himself enough to know the kids bullying him aren’t his friends.
“His type” usually has to pay for friends and companionship;
I didn’t have friends as a kid, and it was hard, but he will find people he will connect with as he gets older, like I did. My advice to him, is join some after school activities, socialising in those activities he might make some friends there 🙂
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Did they get this kid any friends tho!? Or just online support cuz that will fade eventually..
I’ll be his friend! He got a giant heart!!❤
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Bless his heart. My heart’s smiling
I’m pretty sure America’s donated enough money to Ukraine
This made my eyes leak.
The real headline here is that a child was just asking for help and 69 million people saw him
It gets better lil dude ❤️
God bless him. I know how tough it is to make friends. My heart breaks for my daughter all the time(all I can do is encourage her to always put herself out there so long as she’s comfortable and do my duty as a mom to make sure she doesn’t feel alone). I’m glad he has a community that came through for him in such an amazing and inspiring way.
Haha….you need friends? they will try to get you money for a brighter summer! America is crazy!
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40k little dude got over 100k
I know this will brake my heart. I was bullied growing up in high school😢, and my daughter was. But l’m going to listen to it and have my ❤ break for him.
I’m a puddle of tears 😢😢😢😢well happy tears
Ill be his friend 😢 that got me right in the feels bruh
Boy you show the world how brave you are🩶🤙🏼
faith in humanity restored
The neighbors are priceless.
😢😄😍🔥❤️ Sweet!
So he gets to live but black ppl get shot when they ring a doorbell
I would bully him
Dope af
This is what kids do though, they go to other kids’ houses and ask “wanna come out and play?”
we need more news like this
Ah yes, clearly his parents have watched alot of mainstream news media and told him to donate….
To the Ukraine 😂
You realise people in your own country need help first right?
Why help your own citizens when you can help people that have nothing yo do with your life 😂😂😂😂
Same ppl making him viral would bully him if they didn’t know him. We live in a sick world
What a sweet boy
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It’s nice to see there’s still decent people out there!! It’s also wonderful that this young boy knows what it means to pay it forward!! Thank you SOOO MUCH to his neighbors, that stepped in to help this young man that they didn’t even know!! Everyone involved taught others what it means to have a mother like he does, that taught him to not only pay it forward but how to grow into a productive, loving young man!! Then, the neighbors taught people to help someone in need, and how there are still young people with great morals and went above and beyond. This young boy took all the lessons from the adults around him about how skiing for help isn’t a bad thing, and trying to help others whether they’re being bullied, or the bully themselves!! This was a great way to start off a new week with this AMAZING story showing there’s still kind, honest people out there!!😊😊
I’m glad this ended well but I don’t think the neighbour should have circulated a child’s image online like he did.
❤ he and all kids deserve to be treated kindly, feel appreciated and be happy. Thats how communities will sray healthy. I am so glad he has many friends now. He seems like a cool kid 😊
He’s SO STRONG, hope it will be inspiring to everybody’s who need some love, to be stronger than fears and sufferences, and never give up finding the help deserved.
Why am I crying now?
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This kid moves me ❤
This kid should blame his parents for putting him in a situation like this. More than likely the parents are obese and are selfish, inconsiderate people. They know how it is growing up fat and being made fun of but yet they want to have children so they can go through the same misery. Obese parents should be ashamed of themselves, not everyone has to have a child.
That kid just made me cry lile a baby 😢 sweet kid innocent as everything in heaven. Im glad there are good people out here genuinely
Why is GoFundMe always the way?…Throw money at him.
Why don’t people come to the door lol. Talking through a ring camera is a joke
Football team
Good luck to those 2 kids that live next door.
I was a popular sports player in school and still that group loved to mess with me sometimes. I fought back though and earned respect from them. It was light bullying, nothing extreme or mentally damaging. It wasn’t until I was older and came out as transgender did I experience real bullying. My neighbor harrassed me for over 2 years. Not once, did I interact with him and worked from home, groceries delivered so I never really left the house. I couldn’t figure out why he was calling me names and taunting me to come out the house, except for the fact he noticed I was now trans. Well, I guess he would of saw me transition over months walking to and from my car changing into someone else. But the problem with people messing with me, is I don’t like it and eventually snap. Kind of why I avoid going out. Anyways, I snapped one day while he was calling me a freak and crazy. He always did it when I was inside. Never walking to my vehicle or taking trash out. Lets just say, shortly after that, when he least expected it, there was a weapon pointing at his head while he sat on his porch with me leaning in and saying something threatening and giving him one and only warning to leave me alone or he was done. Honestly, like something you see out of a movie. I was blacked out anger and couldn’t believe I took it that far. Here I was just one trigger pull from prison and I’ve never even been to jail once. But, the old pos man got scared. He first said something about calling cops after I let him up. I told him, you can only lock me up for so long for this kind of a threat. My anger will build and my ultimate goal on release will be coming right for you. Whether its me or even my connections(some family friends I got who are part of an Italian gang. Not my lifestyle, but I know they would handle it for a fee or help with something). It was good enough to get him to change his mind, apologize and slowly back into his home entrance. He never bothered me again. I moved a few weeks later to the country where things have been quiet and peaceful, no neighbors. Crazy part was even after I moved for Bout 3-4 months I kept hearing his voice. I had PTSD from it? Even out here I keep my gate closed, and window blinds shut on front of house. I Don’t trust anyone and like feeling secure in this house
EXPLAIN TO HIM NOT TO HELP THE WAR IN UKRAINE THEY ARE FUNDED ENOUGH
Everything right and nothing wrong in looking for and asking for friends. Glad he’s safe and people responded in the right way. Well-done everyone!
Any kid who wears a OG Jaws t-shirt is cool in my book.
“I need some friends”. ….be careful what you wish for.
Neighbor is too good!
Its clear his boyhood innocence is still in tact. This was beautiful to watch
Hello, My name is Mary, and I need a friend too. Love to You.
Had he been black, the story would have had a different ending, I guess…
no1 likes a bully
Something tells me this kid is not the adorable little child you think he is….
That kids going to be alright, imagine the bravery it took to go door to door to look for new friends he’s the kinda person that could sell ice to an Eskimo just wait
Use that money to get him into sports. Friends for life are made from playing on teams
I feel sorry for the boy. He’s seemed bullied and desperate. He’s crying for help for God’s sake.
Says alot about the kid when he says he wants to help the people being bullied and also help the bullies. Hes got a massive heart.
WOW, I AM SO IMPRESSED BY HIM.
1. he decided to take control of his friend situation. at his age, i would’ve just stayed home, and nothing changes.
2. he explained he was looking for friends “because he needs friends really bad.” he really opened up to strangers and let them see his vulnerability. i would’ve been too proud for others to know i didn’t have friends.
3. he left his friends bc they were bullying him; he did not settle for these types of “friends.” many people, especially young ones, would’ve stayed with their friends despite the bullying, just so they have friends.
THERE IS JUST THIS STRENGTH ABOUT HIM.
Actually I was really lucky as a child in that I had a twin sister and we were larger than most children you know taller so most people didn’t pick on us, and also because you had to take on both of us. And that’s saved me from a lot of bullying. That’s because most bullies are just cowards and they’re not going to take on two people. The one time I actually was in that situation was when they bullied my sister and I jumped to her defense. I guess I did it pretty hard because they never bothered either one of us again.
I was bullied so badly as a kid. And I think it still affects my confidence to this day. Kids would put flies in my hair and voted me the ugliest girl in class, and when my dad was dying from cancer they told me they hoped he died soon. Kids can be so cruel. And I don’t think that those mean people ever grow out of being mean, they’re just better at hiding it as they get older. They channel it through politics or business or in other ways that they can bully others. What a cool kid though. I love his shirt! Hope he finds the friends and happiness he deserves ❤️
You are beautiful and God loves you. I am sorry you were so sorely mistreated. That’s unfair. I pray you have a great life and continue to be positive always because what you will harvest shall far out way want you suffered. 🙂
Awwwwe🥺
Awwwwwwwww that made me cry cause why tf they are bullying that boy ?!!!! He seems so sweet. Now he got million of friends 🫶🏾
Oh what a sweet boy. He said i need some friends. Not afraid to speak up.
Don’t glorify this they still have john wayne gacys out there imagine kids knocking on one of them kidnappers door smh
The way he spoke on the ring…made me cry…😭😭😭
This is a unique young man. His confidence was already through the roof. To be that sincere, took massive courage, To take the initiative to ask for help finding friends was wildly unique and took courage. He looks like a kid that could have easily chosen to fight to defend himself but decided to just remove himself from toxic friends…(Many adults have not mastered that one) He’s definitely an out of the ordinary personality. I’d be interested to see where life takes him…hope it’s someplace great because he’s got a big personality.👍
Hey kid can you throw some excess friends for me?
Ask and you shall receive?
“DO THE ROAR…DO IT”.😅
Good for him. Nice to see he’s happy and finding some self confidence.
There goes my friend 😌
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I was bullied and beaten by older family members from a early ages of my life both physically and mentally it turned me into a highly aggressive person and when I went to school I was getting it too. I really hit a very low point in my life. I used to say to myself why was I even born if people hated my existence this much. I went through all kinds of stages in my life but one of the worst stages was the violence that brewed inside me. I would unleash on every bully I came across people really feared me back in those days. In people’s eyes I was nothing more than a animal begging to be put down in the pound they made me into this you know. I look back sometimes and thank the good Lord that he sent me an angel that took me away from hate and tears and gave me total love, that person is my wife she turned me around. She was the only one that could. Now after being married for almost 25 yrs I became something I wasn’t supposed to be,a loving peaceful father. She delivered me from all the hate and rage inside and filled it with love and piece. This video is so very inspiring and I’m so proud of this young man for being who he is. I wish nothing but good things for him because I know all to well the pain that he suffered and im so glad and appreciate those neighbors doing what they did and I wish them all well.
What an absolutely strong young man! You rock buddy (:
He’s Interesting, extraordinary and cool,
Surprised he’s not the most popular.
Nooooooooooo do not send nothing to Ukraine they already got trillions from America save it kid
They didn’t get trillions, stop watching Fox News and right-wing garbage media.
What a sweetheart ❤❤
it shows how you’re needy. You simply can’t survive without these “friends” which are merely superficial acquaintances. You include this in the same essential needs as breathing, eating, sleeping and drinking water which you can’t live without.
This was so precious!😊
At 41, if I were to do what he did, I would get the door slammed in my face or the cops called on me immediately.
Boy took “Go out and find some friends” too seriously.
Good luck budy stay strong n believe in ur self.
So kool 😢 happiness is forever when happy 😁
That was so super I love to see us humans help each other like this. This story was very innocent and that little guy is super brave to step out of his comfort zone and speak up about the things he was experiencing. I’m glad he has friends now to help him with being happy and sociable.
Great job guys now that’s a community right there! This is one of those moments when you’re proud to be an American.
Good acting.
STOP FUNDING THE UKRAINE WAR WITH US DOLLARS .MOST AMERICANS DON’T SUPPORT THIS WAR…THE US GOVERNMENT HAS SENT 200 BILLION DOLLARS OF US TAX DOLLARS SO FAR. DON’T TURN THIS INTO WW3 .
Boy you are not going to find reall friends .why?because they don’t really exist
So, um, where are the new friends? Cute kid and wonderful neighbors! Wish I was there to give him a hug❣
Oh bless his heart ❤ my son has learning disabilities and finds it hard to make real friends ❤ all the best lil man. And to the people that made this happen much respect there is still hope that there are decent people still in the world❤❤
God bless his heart.
Heart-warming!