Devastated mum shares heartbreaking footage of son, 9, wanting to end his life after kids targeted him over dwarfism

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A shattered mother has shared a harrowing video of her nine-year-old son begging for a rope to kill himself after he was bullied at school over his dwarfism.

Yarraka Bayles, from Brisbane, filmed her son Quaden crying in the car after she picked him up from school on Wednesday and publicly shared the video on Facebook.

The schoolboy, who has the most common type of dwarfism called achondroplasia, told his mother: 'Give me a rope, I want to kill myself.'

In the distressing video, which has been viewed more than three million times, Quaden also said: 'I just want to stab myself in the heart... I want someone to kill me.'



Since sharing the video, Ms Bayles has been inundated with kind messages of support from friends and strangers alike.

The Indigenous All Stars NRL team were the latest to reach out to the family, inviting Quaden to walk them onto the pitch on Saturday.

They will take on New Zealand Maori Kiwis at CBUS Super Stadium on the Gold Coast.

Quaden also scratched at his neck and said: 'I want to die... I want to scratch myself'.

Ms Bayles shared the video publicly on Facebook in a bid to raise awareness about the impact of bullying.

She said she normally tries to keep distressing moments such as this private but felt she had been left with no choice but to go public.

'We try to be as strong as positive as possible and only share the highlights... but this is how bullying affects a nine-year-old kid,' she said in the video.

At the start of the five-minute clip, Ms Bayles said: 'I just picked my son up from school, witnessed a bullying episode, rang the principal and I want people to know this is the effect bullying has. This is what bullying does.

'So can you please educate your children, your families, your friends because all it takes is one more instance... and you wonder why kids are killing themselves.'

'This is the impact bullying has a nine-year-old kid who just wants to go to school, get an education and have fun but every single fricking day something happens.

'Another episode another bullying, another taunt, another name-calling.'

As Quaden sobbed, Ms Bayles asked for help from anyone viewing the footage.

'So is there any advice or support or anything that other parents have done?

'I've got some good advice but I need more, I want people to know how much it is hurting us as a family,' she said as her voice quivered.